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But after further inspection, he changed the name to Pithecanthropus erectus, an upright “ape-man.”

Pithecanthropus raises the vexed question as to whether the erect attitude or brain development came first in the story.

Prior to that there are some evidences of extinct species, such as Pithecanthropus Erectus, the Grimaldi man, the Heidelberg man, and the Neanderthal.

As such it was christened Pithecanthropus erectus, the erect ape-man.

Lastly, Dubois has discovered in Java the cranium of Pithecanthropus erectus which is intermediate between that of the orang-utan and man.