homo heidelbergensis

1. 1.

   a type of primitive man who lived in Europe

   SynonymsHeidelberg man

   Broaderprimitive

Questions about homo heidelbergensis

What does homo heidelbergensis mean?

homo heidelbergensis means "a type of primitive man who lived in Europe".

What is another word for homo heidelbergensis?

Close synonyms include Heidelberg man. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is homo heidelbergensis a common word?

homo heidelbergensis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.