noun
also pekin man
Usage: usually capitalized P
: an extinct man that is known from fragmentary skulls and parts of skeletons found in Pleistocene cave deposits at Choukoutien, China, that is more advanced in some details than Java man but nearer to him than to other fossil hominids or to recent man, and that though originally set apart as a distinct species ( Sinanthropus pekinensis ) is now often made congeneric with Java man in a species ( Pithecanthropus pekinensis ) or even congeneric with recent man in a species ( Homo erectus )