Sinanthropus
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This article is about the former genus. For the narrower taxon that was for decades its only known species, see Homo erectus pekinensis.
Sinanthropus (from Sino-, "China", and anthro-, "man") is an obsolete genus of hominids in the scientific classification system. It originated when an early fossil molar of Peking man was assigned the classification Sinanthropus pekinensis by Davidson Black late in 1927.[1][2][3][4]
Following the discovery of specimens of Lantian Man starting in 1963, that was added to the genus as Sinanthropus lantianensis.[5]
Both species have since been reclassified as varieties within the species Homo erectus, and the genus Sinanthropus is disused.
References
- ↑ Franz Weidenreich (1939). "Six Lectures on Sinanthropus Pekinensis and Related Problems". Bulletin of the Geological Society of China. https://books.google.ca/books?id=GehtAAAAMAAJ&q=Sinanthropus&dq=Sinanthropus&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG-sCGrrzQAhVEPCYKHfzhBmEQ6AEIJTAB. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
- ↑ Franz Weidenreich (1943). "The skull of Sinanthropus pekinensis: a comparative study on a primitive hominid skull". Geological Survey of China. https://books.google.ca/books?id=-8C0AAAAIAAJ&q=Sinanthropus&dq=Sinanthropus&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG-sCGrrzQAhVEPCYKHfzhBmEQ6AEILzAD. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
- ↑ Davidson Black (1930). "On an adolescent skull of Sinanthropus pekinensis in comparison with an adult skull of the same species and with other hominid skulls, recent and fossil". Geological Survey of China. https://books.google.ca/books?id=Lie0AAAAIAAJ&q=Sinanthropus&dq=Sinanthropus&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG-sCGrrzQAhVEPCYKHfzhBmEQ6AEIKjAC. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
- ↑ "The Coming of Sinanthropus". Evolution Archive. 2011-12-08. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425065129/http://www.mutagenes.net/homo-erectus/the-coming-of-sinanthropus.html. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
- ↑ "Lantian man", Encyclopedia Britannica eb.com
