Heidelberg man

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Hei·del·berg man | \ ˈhī-dᵊl-ˌbərg-

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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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