山顶洞人 (shān dǐng dòng rén) — (archaeology) Upper Cave Man

Definition

Proper noun for Upper Cave Man, an archaic Homo sapiens subspecies whose fossils were found at Zhoukoudian and used as evidence for early human evolution in China. Often used loosely as a jocular insult meaning 'caveman' (see example 2).

noun

(archaeology) Upper Cave Man

Examples

山顶洞人。
shān dǐng dòng rén De fā xiàn duì yán jiū rén lèi jìn huà fēi cháng zhòng yào.
The discovery of Upper Cave Man is very important for the study of human evolution.
，山顶洞人。
Tā lián shǒu jī dōu bú huì yòng, jiǎn zhí xiàng gè shān dǐng dòng rén.
He doesn't even know how to use a mobile phone — he's practically a caveman.
山顶洞人。
Bó wù guǎn lǐ zhǎn chū le shān dǐng dòng rén de fù yuán mó xíng.
The museum exhibited a reconstruction model of Upper Cave Man.

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