Java man
noun
1.
the fossil remains of
Homo erectus
found in Java.
Origin
1930-35
British Dictionary definitions for
Java man
Java man
noun
1.
a type of primitive man,
Homo erectus
(formerly called
Pithecanthropus erectus
), that lived in the middle Palaeolithic Age in Java
Also called
Trinil man
Java man
in Science
Java man
(jä'və)
See
pithecanthropus
.