Kanjera man
noun
Kan·je·ra man
\ˈkänjərə-\
Definition of Kanjera man
: an extinct East African man known from parts of four thick-walled dolichocephalic skulls found in association with artifacts of Abbevillian type and regarded as a primitive form of Homo sapiens possibly belonging to the Middle Pleistocene
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Origin and Etymology of kanjera man
from Kanjera, locality in Kenya where the type was discovered
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