Kabwe 1

American  

[kahb-wey wuhn] / ˈkɑb weɪ ˈwʌn /

noun

1. the cranial remains of the first early human to have been discovered in Africa, exhibiting features similar to Homo erectus but having a larger brain, as of a modern human: found at Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia), in 1921, it was originally called Rhodesian man and assigned to a new species, H. rhodesiensis, but is now generally accepted as a specimen of H. heidelbergensis.

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Etymology

Origin of Kabwe 1

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Kabwe 1, or Broken Hill Man, is one of the most significant human fossils ever found - and has been in the Natural History Museum in London since 1921, when it was discovered.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026