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Swans·combe man (swänz′kəm)

a type of early human (Homo sapiens steinheimensis) known from fossil remains and believed to be from the late Lower Paleolithic

Etymology: after Swanscombe, town in Kent, England, where the remains were found

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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