Folsom man

Folsom man

 
noun
1.
a Paleo-Indian of the Folsom tradition.
2.
a human skull found in Midland, Texas, that is believed to be contemporary with the Folsom tradition.
Origin:
1930–35, Americanism
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Folsom man (ˈfɒlsəm)
 
—n
a type of early man from a North American culture of the Pleistocene period, thought to have used flint tools and to have subsisted mainly by hunting bison
 
[C20: named after Folsom, a settlement in New Mexico, where archaeological evidence was found]

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