ˌpālēōˈan(t)thrəpəs, ˌpalē-, -ˌanˈthrōpəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from pale- + -anthropus
in some classifications : a genus of hominids based on a single lower jaw found at Mauer near Heidelberg, Germany but now often extended to include the entire Neanderthaloid radiation and other primitive men of uncertain affinities (as Solo man and Rhodesian man)