Homo Heidelbergensis Definition

hīdəl-bûr-gĕnsĭs

noun

A species of extinct humans known from Pleistocene fossil remains found throughout Europe and Africa, and possibly in Asia, dating from about 600,000 to 200,000 years ago. Fossil finds known as Heidelberg man, Rhodesian man, and Steinheim man are examples of H. heidelbergensis.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
heidelberg man

pronoun

A taxonomic species, within genus Homo - an ancestor of Neanderthal man and of humans (extinct)

Wiktionary

Origin of Homo Heidelbergensis

New Latin Homō heidelbergēnsis species name Latin homō man New Latin heidelbergēnsis of Heidelberg (a fossil jawbone of the species having been found near the city in 1907)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Latin homo man + German Heilderberg, name of the German city near which a mandibule of that species was discovered.

From Wiktionary