Heidelberg man

American  

[hahyd-l-burg man] / ˈhaɪd lˌbɜrg ˌmæn /

noun

1. the fossil remains of the primitive human Homo heidelbergensis, as reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw. Heidelberg jaw.

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Heidelberg man British  

noun

1. a type of primitive man, Homo heidelbergensis, occurring in Europe in the middle Palaeolithic age, known only from a single fossil lower jaw

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Etymology

Origin of Heidelberg man

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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Heidelberg man

Dr. Osborn says that the Heidelberg man "shows no trace of being intermediate between man and the anthropoid ape."

From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by William A. (William Asbury) Williams

The Piltdown man may represent the very remote, but direct, ancestor of modern man; but the Heidelberg man and the Ape-man were probably divergent 'sports' whose descendants never became men of the modern type.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

In his "Men of the Old Stone Age," Dr. Osborn puts the pithecanthropus, the Heidelberg man, the Piltdown man, and the Neanderthal man, on limbs which terminate abruptly as extinct races.

From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by William A. (William Asbury) Williams

I am a Heidelberg man, since you feel sufficiently interested to inquire.

From Diane of the Green Van by Leona Dalrymple

It matters little whether particular items are corroborated or disproved—e.g. whether the Heidelberg man came before or after the Neanderthalers—the general trend of evolution remains clear.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson