Florisbad
noun
Flo·ris·bad
ˈflōrə̇sˌbät,
-bad
: an extinct Pleistocene hominid known from a single skull found in southern Africa that has a large flattened cranium and prominent brow ridge
The systematic status of Florisbad itself may remain uncertain, but for (all) the other fossils, H. sapiens is the appropriate taxonomic designation.—
G. Philip Rightmire, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 22 Sept. 2009
—often used before another nounG. Philip Rightmire, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 22 Sept. 2009Florisbad man
The Florisbad fossil lacks a bipartite brow, having instead a continuous supraorbital surface that thins laterally.—Jeffrey H. Schwartz and Ian Tattersall, The Human Fossil Record, 2005
Jeffrey H. Schwartz and Ian Tattersall, The Human Fossil Record, 2005Note: Florisbad man was originally described as a separate species (Homo helmei or Africanthropus helmei) and now is variously considered its own species or an early type of Homo sapiens.
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