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Peking Man and Piltdown Man

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Peking Man and Piltdown Man

Peking Man vs. Piltdown Man

Peking Man, Homo erectus pekinensis (formerly known by the junior synonym Sinanthropus pekinensis), is an example of Homo erectus. The Piltdown Man was a paleoanthropological hoax in which bone fragments were presented as the fossilised remains of a previously unknown early human.

Similarities between Peking Man and Piltdown Man

Peking Man and Piltdown Man have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): American Museum of Natural History, Franz Weidenreich, Human evolution, Mandible, Molar (tooth), Nature (journal), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Pleistocene, Skull.

American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH), located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, is one of the largest museums in the world.

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Franz Weidenreich

Franz Weidenreich (7 June 1873, Edenkoben – 11 July 1948, New York City) was a Jewish German anatomist and physical anthropologist who studied evolution.

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Human evolution

Human evolution is the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of anatomically modern humans, beginning with the evolutionary history of primates – in particular genus Homo – and leading to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family, the great apes.

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Mandible

The mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the human face.

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Molar (tooth)

The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British multidisciplinary scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869.

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French idealist philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Skull

The skull is a bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates.

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Peking Man and Piltdown Man Comparison

Peking Man has 62 relations, while Piltdown Man has 88. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 6.00% = 9 / (62 + 88).

References

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