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Heidelberg jaw
[ hahyd-l-burg jaw ]
noun
- a nearly complete primitive human mandible of the middle Pleistocene Epoch found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany: before this specimen was discovered and classified as Homo heidelbergensis, all early human fossils with traits shared by Homo erectus and modern humans were collectively called archaic Homo sapiens .
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Origin of Heidelberg jaw1
First recorded in 1905–10
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