Grimaldi race

noun

Gri·​mal·​di race

variants or Grimaldi man

-dē-

: an early Upper Paleolithic hominid somewhat resembling the Cro-Magnons and known from buried skeletons of a woman and a boy discovered in Italy

Word History

Etymology

from Grimaldi caves, Liguria, Italy, where remains were found

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