Solo man

American  

noun

1. an early human being of the upper Pleistocene, known from skull fragments found in Java.

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Solo man British  

noun

1. a type of early man, Homo soloensis, of late Pleistocene times, having a skull resembling that of Neanderthal man but with a smaller cranial capacity

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Solo man Scientific  

/ sō′lō /

1. A fossil hominid specimen previously classed as a distinct species (Homo soloensis) but now generally regarded as an archaic example of Homo sapiens.

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Etymology

Origin of Solo man

After the Solo River, central Java, near which the fragments were found