Swanscombe man
noun
Swans·combe man
ˈswänzkəm-
: a prehistoric man known from the left parietal and an occipital bone found in middle Pleistocene Thames gravels in association with Acheulean artifacts and coeval fauna and probably representing an early form of Homo sapiens antedating Neanderthal man
Word History
Etymology
from Swanscombe, Kent, England, where the remains were found