Asselar man

noun

As·​se·​lar man

ˈasəˌlär-

: an extinct post-Paleolithic human known from a single tall dolichocephalic skeleton from the southern Sahara

Word History

Etymology

from Asselar, French garrison near Tombouctou, Mali, near where it was found

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