Arago man
[
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rey
-goh,
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-
rag
-oh,
ar
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uh
-goh]
/əˈreɪ goʊ, əˈræg oʊ, ˈær əˌgoʊ/
noun
1.
the skeletal remains of
Homo erectus
of the middle Pleistocene Epoch found in a cave in the French Pyrenees.
Also called
Tautauvel man
.
Origin
after the name of the cave (
French
La Caune de l’Arago
), near the village of Tautavel (Pyrénées-Orientales)