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Hei·del·berg man | \ ˈhī-dᵊl-ˌbərg- 
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, -ˌberg- \Definition of Heidelberg man
: an Early Pleistocene hominid known from a massive fossilized jaw with distinctly human dentition and classified with the direct ancestor (Homo erectus) of modern humans
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The first known use of Heidelberg man was in 1920
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