Saldanha man

American  

[sal-dah-nuh man] / sælˈdɑ nə ˌmæn /

noun

1. the fossil remains of a hominin between about 200,000 and 500,000 years of age and presumed to be Homo heidelbergensis: the specimen was discovered in southwestern South Africa in 1953, and to date no hominin fossil has been found in a more southern location.

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Etymology

Origin of Saldanha man

First recorded in 1950–55; from Saldanha , the name of a town in southwestern South Africa or from Saldanha Bay, after which the town was named

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Saldanha man

To judge from the attachments for the muscles of the nape of his neck, Saldanha man must have walked with a pronounced stoop.

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