MAN

n. Ma"n. Gr., avdpunos. Lat., homo. Fr., homme. Ger., Mensch (1st def.), Mann (2d def.). It., uomo. Sp., hombre. 1. Homo sapiens, an individual of the human race, the most highly developed vertebrate, being the sole species of the genus Homo. By some of the later zoologists he is believed to have appeared during the quaternary period and at some point in the great plateau of Central Asia. By Haeckel a region named Lemuria, now submerged about midway between Africa and India, has been selected. M. is anatomically distinguished from other known vertebrates by an erect attitude, bipedal progre ion, the pectoral limbs shorter than the pelvic, an opposable thumb, and a much more largely developed brain with larger and deeper convolutions than are found in any other animal. Psychically he differs in po e ing articulate speech and reasoning powers. [L.] 2. An adult human male as distinguished from a woman or a boy. Hairy m. See HOMO hirsutus. M.-in-the-earth, M.-in-the-ground, M.- of-the-earth. The Ipomcea pandurata. [B, 121, 275 (a, 35).] [s. 703]