ˈwäˌjäk-, ˈwäˌdyäk- noun
Usage: usually capitalized W
Etymology: from Wadjak, locality in Java where the skulls were discovered
: an extinct large-headed man of primitive proto-Australoid type known from two Javanese skulls that is often set apart as a species ( Homo wadjakensis ) but is probably a primitive form of modern man ( Homo sapiens ) intermediate between Solo man and the modern Australian natives