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Combe-Capelle man

[kohm-ka-pel]

noun

a skeleton of the early Upper Paleolithic Perigordian culture in France.

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Origin of Combe-Capelle man

First recorded in 1910–15; named after Combe-Capelle (near Périgueux, France) where the remains were found

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