单词 | river-drift man |
释义 | > as lemmasriver-drift man river-drift man n. an early Palaeolithic hominid known from remains and artefacts found in river drift. ΚΠ 1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. v. 99 The last and most important addition to be made to this list is the man of the river deposits, or the River-drift man. 1891 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 4/1 Think of troglodytes, pile-villagers, bog-men, riverdrift-men, cave-men, men of the stone, bronze, iron, or steel ages, down to the highly cultured Bostonian men and women of the period. 1915 R. L. Ashley Anc. Civilization i. 31 Make a little table showing in one column why the ‘river drift’ man lived near the rivers. 2007 A. O'Connor Finding Time for Old Stone Age iv. 101 (heading) River-drift men and cave men. < as lemmas |
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