Homo sapiens idaltu
[ hoh-moh sey-pee-uhnz i-dahl-too ]
/ ˈhoʊ moʊ ˈseɪ pi ənz ɪˈdɑl tu /
noun
an extinct subspecies of Homo sapiens that lived in Africa during the Pleistocene Epoch and is believed to be the likely immediate ancestor of the modern human (Homo sapiens sapiens): the first fossil specimen was discovered in Herto Bouri, Ethiopia, in 1997.
a fossil belonging to this species.
See also
Herto man.
Origin of Homo sapiens idaltu
First recorded in 2000–05; from New Latin;
Homo sapiens + Afar
idaltu “first born, elder”