Swanscombe man: Meaning and Definition of

Swans'combe man"

Pronunciation: (swonz'kum), [key]
  1. a primitive human, Homo sapiens steinheimensis, of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, known from a fossil skull fragment found at Swanscombe, England.
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