直立猿

zhílìyuán

noun

Meanings

1 Homo erectus
2 upright ape (early hominid)

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Examples

直立猿是现代人类的远祖之一。

Zhílìyuán shì xiàndàirén lèi de yuǎn zǔ zhīyī.

Homo erectus is one of the distant ancestors of modern humans.

北京人属于直立猿的一种。

Běijīng rén shǔyú zhílìyuán de yī zhǒng.

Peking Man is a type of Homo erectus.

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usage

The more standard term is 直立人 (Homo erectus). 直立猿 literally puts the hominid back into the ape category (猿) — sometimes used in older or more popular texts.

Stroke Order

直 zhí

立 lì

猿 yuán