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

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Heidelberg man

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

From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar

It is only fair to say that many scientists of the evolutionary school, do not believe the Heidelberg man an ancestor of our race.

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

Dr. Keith, a London evolutionist, says that the Piltdown man is not an ancestor of man, much less an intermediate between the Heidelberg man and the Neanderthal man.

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

Among other things he was a Heidelberg man, having spent some dozen years of his life in Germany, where he established influential connections.

From Elusive Isabel by Alonzo Kimball

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