Swanscombe man

[ swonz-kuhm man ]

noun

1. a primitive human fossil, believed to be a late Homo erectus or an early archaic Homo sapiens of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, known from skull fragments found in the 1930s at Swanscombe, England, and now believed to be that of a young female.

Example Sentences

In his latest report to Nature Dr. Marston stated that his skull is more primitive in a number of points�including a lower and more sloping vault, "flat ruggedness and non-filled out contours"�than the skull of the Piltdown man, and therefore that the Swanscombe man should be assigned his rightful place as England's oldest oldster.

From Time Magazine Archive

They took the collection to Dr. Kenneth Oakley of the British Museum of Natural History, who is the leading authority on Swanscombe man.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Dr. Oakley announced that the black objects are carbon, probably charcoal from the campfires of shadowy Swanscombe man.

From Time Magazine Archive