Saldanha man
[ sal-dah-nuh man ]
/ sælˈdɑ nə ˌmæn /
noun
the fossil remains of a hominin between about 200,000 and 500,000 years of age and presumed to be Homo heidelbergensis: the specimen was discovered in southwestern South Africa in 1953, and to date no hominin fossil has been found in a more southern location.
Origin of Saldanha man
First recorded in 1950–55; from
Saldanha, the name of a town in southwestern South Africa or from
Saldanha Bay, after which the town was named