WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ja′va man′, 
  1. Physical Anthropologythe fossil remains of Homo erectus found in Java.
  • 1930–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Java man n
  1. a type of primitive human, Homo erectus (formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus), that lived in the middle Palaeolithic Age in Java
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'Java man' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
man - pithecanthropus - sinanthropus - Homo erectus

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