Grimaldi man

British

noun

anthropol a type of Aurignacian man having a negroid appearance, thought to be a race of Cro-Magnon man

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Etymology

Origin of Grimaldi man

C20: named after the Grimaldi caves, Italy, where skeletons of this type were found

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Prior to that there are some evidences of extinct species, such as Pithecanthropus Erectus, the Grimaldi man, the Heidelberg man, and the Neanderthal.

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