Solo man

noun

an early human being of the upper Pleistocene, known from skull fragments found in Java.

Solo man

noun

a type of early man, Homo soloensis, of late Pleistocene times, having a skull resembling that of Neanderthal man but with a smaller cranial capacity

Solo man

A fossil hominid specimen previously classed as a distinct species (Homo soloensis) but now generally regarded as an archaic example of Homo sapiens.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Solo man¹

After the Solo River, central Java, near which the fragments were found

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Solo man¹

C20: after Solo, site in central Java where remains were found

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Example Sentences

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He was a very solo man, so I need to know more.

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"Pose" star Billy Porter hsd a few choice words for Anna Wintour and Harry Styles, who made history as the first solo man to pose on the cover of Vogue styled in a dress.

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It doesn’t make sense to talk about Bill Cosby as if he was a solo man in the world.

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Another contained a solo man in a backward baseball cap, who would periodically take a big puff from his vaporizer.

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British actor Idris Elba made history this week as the first solo man to cover Maxim magazine, on the September issue, no less.

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