- Heidelberg jaw
- a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.[1910-15]
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Heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany. [1910 15] * * * ▪ hominid fossil also called Mauer jaw enigmatic human mandible, thought to be about 500,000 years old, found in 1907 in the great… … Universalium
Heidelberg jaw — /haɪdlbɜg ˈdʒɔ/ (say huydlberg jaw) noun a lower jaw supposedly belonging to a very early human species, found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany. See Homo heidelbergensis …
Heidelberg — /huyd l berrg /; Ger. /huyd l berddk /, n. a city in NW Baden Württemberg, in SW Germany: university, founded 1386. 127,500. * * * City (pop., 2002 est.: 141,509), southwestern Germany, situated on the Neckar River. First mentioned in historical… … Universalium
Heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw. [1925 30] * * * … Universalium
Heidelberg man — n. a type of early human known from a fossil lower jaw discovered in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany: believed to be from the Paleolithic period … English World dictionary
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Heidelberg — Infobox German Location Art = Stadt image photo = Heidelberg 20030918.jpg imagesize = image caption = Heidelberg Castle on hill behind Old Bridge Wappen = Wappen Heidelberg.png lat deg = 49 |lat min = 24 |lat sec = 44 lon deg = 08 |lon min = 42… … Wikipedia
Heidelberg man — Hei′delberg man n. pan a form of Homo erectus reconstructed from a human lower jaw(Hei′delberg jaw )of early middle Pleistocene age, found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
Heidelberg man — noun Etymology: Heidelberg, Germany Date: 1920 an early Pleistocene hominid known from a massive fossilized jaw with distinctly human dentition and classified with the direct ancestor (Homo erectus) of modern humans … New Collegiate Dictionary
Homo heidelbergensis — ▪ hominin extinct species of archaic human (genus Homo) known from fossils dating from 600,000 to 300,000 years ago in Africa, Europe, and possibly Asia. The name first appeared in print in 1908 to accommodate an ancient human jaw discovered in… … Universalium
