Swanscombe man

noun

Swans·​combe man

ˈswänzkəm-

: a prehistoric man known from the left parietal and an occipital bone found in middle Pleistocene Thames gravels in association with Acheulean artifacts and coeval fauna and probably representing an early form of Homo sapiens antedating Neanderthal man

Word History

Etymology

from Swanscombe, Kent, England, where the remains were found

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