noun
Usage: usually capitalized R
Etymology: so called from the fact that remains of the type were found in Northern Rhodesia
: an extinct primitive African man ( Homo rhodesiensis or Africanthropus rhodesiensis ) of doubtful age and obscure affinities having long bones of modern type and prob. upright posture and a skull with very prominent brow ridges and large face but thoroughly human palate and dentition and a simple but relatively large brain — compare boskop man