Florisbad
/ˈflɒrɪsbad/Palaeontology
noun
Attributive Designating (part of) an extinct hominid known from a fossil cranium found at Florisbad, South Africa, now dated to about 260,000 years ago.
- Originally named as Homo helmei, the Florisbad fossil is now generally regarded as an archaic form of H. sapiens..
Origin
1930s. From Florisbad, the name of a mineral spring with quaternary deposits near Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, where the fossil was discovered in 1932 (now a provincial heritage site).
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