Kanjera man

noun

Kan·​je·​ra man

ˈkänjərə-

: 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

Word History

Etymology

from Kanjera, locality in Kenya where the type was discovered

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