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Homo sapiens idaltu
[ hoh-moh sey-pee-uhnz i-dahl-too ]
noun
- an extinct subspecies of Homo sapiens that lived in Africa during the Pleistocene Epoch and is believed to be the likely immediate ancestor of the modern human ( Homo sapiens sapiens ): the first fossil specimen was discovered in Herto Bouri, Ethiopia, in 1997.
- a fossil belonging to this species.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Homo sapiens idaltu1
First recorded in 2000–05; from New Latin; Homo sapiens ( def ) + Afar idaltu “first born, elder”
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