Peking Man

proper noun

A long-extinct hominid who lived in prehistoric China.

Similar
Homo erectus pekinensisSinanthropus pekinensis
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Meanings

Peking Man1

proper noun

alternative Peking man

  1. A long-extinct hominid who lived in prehistoric China.

    Synonyms: Homo erectus pekinensis, Sinanthropus pekinensis

Peking man2

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Peking Man.

    Julian Huxley coined the term “transhumanism” in 1957, when he wrote that in the near future, “the human species will be on the threshold of a new kind of existence, as different from ours as ours is from that of Peking man.”⁵

    2019, Susan Schneider, Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind, Princeton University Press, page 13

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA long-extinct hominid who lived in prehistoric China.

Similar
Homo erectus pekinensisSinanthropus pekinensis

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 北京人, 北京猿人
  • 北京人 (Běijīngrén)Homo erectus pekinensis
  • 北京猿人 (Běijīng yuánrén)Homo erectus pekinensis
Finnish pekinginihminen
  • pekinginihminenHomo erectus pekinensis
German Peking-Mensch
  • Peking-MenschHomo erectus pekinensis
Italian uomo di Pechino
  • uomo di PechinoHomo erectus pekinensis
Japanese 北京原人
  • 北京原人 (Pekin genjin)Homo erectus pekinensis
Polish człowiek pekiński
  • człowiek pekińskiHomo erectus pekinensis
Russian сина́нтроп
  • сина́нтроп (sinántrop)Homo erectus pekinensis
Cite this entry
APA

Peking Man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peking%20Man

MLA

“Peking Man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peking%20Man. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Peking Man,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peking%20Man.

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