Rhodesian man

noun

a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa

• Syn: ↑Homo rhodesiensis

• Hypernyms: ↑homo, ↑man, ↑human being, ↑human

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized R

Etymology: so called from the fact that remains of the type were found in Northern Rhodesia

: an extinct primitive African man (Homo rhodesiensis or Africanthropus rhodesiensis) of doubtful age and obscure affinities having long bones of modern type and prob. upright posture and a skull with very prominent brow ridges and large face but thoroughly human palate and dentition and a simple but relatively large brain — compare boskop man

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an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.

[1920-25]

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Rhodesian man noun

An extinct type of man represented by a skull found in Northern Rhodesia in 1921

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Main Entry: ↑Rhodesian

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Rhodesian man,

a prehistoric man similar to the Neanderthal man, who lived in central and southern Africa in the early Stone Age, and whose remains were first discovered in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia.