the name first assigned to the extinct hominin Kabwe 1, at the time of its discovery in 1921.
Rhodesian man
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noun
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
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.
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In all probability the Rhodesian man was an African representative of the extinct Neanderthal species hitherto known only from Europe.
