Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Rhodesian man

American  
[roh-dee-zhuhn man] / roʊˈdi ʒən ˈmæn /

noun

  1. the name first assigned to the extinct hominin Kabwe 1, at the time of its discovery in 1921.

Rhodesian man British  

noun

  1. a type of early man, Homo rhodesiensis (or H. sapiens rhodesiensis ), occurring in Africa in late Pleistocene times and resembling Neanderthal man in many features

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Rhodesian man Scientific  
/ rō-dē′zhən /

  1. A fossil hominid specimen found in south-central Africa, previously classed as a distinct species (Homo rhodesiensis) but now generally regarded as an archaic example of Homo sapiens.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A skull believed older than that of the Rhodesian man of the Broken Hill mine has been found at Belingwe, near Bulawayo.

From Time Magazine Archive

In all probability the Rhodesian man was an African representative of the extinct Neanderthal species hitherto known only from Europe.

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

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.