A fossil hominid similar to Neanderthal man, known from remains found at Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia), in 1921, formerly called Homo rhodesiensis and now usually grouped with H. heidelbergensis.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Arthur Smith Woodward (1864–1944), palaeontologist.
Definition of Rhodesian man in US English:
Rhodesian man
noun
historical
A fossil hominid similar to Neanderthal man, known from remains found at Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia), in 1921, formerly called Homo rhodesiensis and now usually grouped with H. heidelbergensis.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Arthur Smith Woodward (1864–1944), palaeontologist.