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Tabun man

noun
Ta·​bun man | \ täˈbün-\

Definition of Tabun man

: a fundamentally Neanderthaloid strain of Palestine man known from a female skeleton and a large male mandible with well-developed chin

History and Etymology for Tabun man

from Tabun, cave at the mouth of the Wadi Mughara on the slopes of Mt. Carmel in northern Israel, where the remains were found

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