Solo man

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noun

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

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Origin of Solo man

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

Words nearby Solo man

sollicker, solmization, soln., solo, soloist, Solo man, Solomon, Solomon Gundy, Solomonic, Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands Pidgin

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How to use Solo man in a sentence

In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
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That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.
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It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
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But no more so than the Sodexo building maintenance man or the two cops who were also killed in the crossfire.
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He looks like a man who should have had kids, but now never will.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
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The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
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He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.
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On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.
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British Dictionary definitions for Solo man

Solo man

noun

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

Word Origin for Solo man

C20: after Solo, site in central Java where remains were found

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Scientific definitions for Solo man

Solo man

[ sō′lō ]

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