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prehistoric man
(Encyclopedia)prehistoric man: see human evolution. ...Java man
(Encyclopedia)Java man: see Homo erectus.early man
(Encyclopedia)early man: see human evolution.Heidelberg man
(Encyclopedia)Heidelberg man: see Homo erectus. ...Peking man
(Encyclopedia)Peking man: see Homo erectus.Ray, Man
(Encyclopedia)Ray, Man, 1890–1976, American photographer, painter, and sculptor, b. Philadelphia. Along with Marcel Duchamp, Ray was a founder of the Dada movement in New York and Paris. He is celebrated for his ...Rhodesian man
(Encyclopedia)Rhodesian man, remains of an extinct hominin now classified as Homo heidelbergensis. See human evolution. ...space medicine
(Encyclopedia)space medicine, study of the medical and biological effects of space travel on living organisms. The principal aim is to discover how well and for how long humans can withstand the extreme conditions ...patent medicine
(Encyclopedia)patent medicine, packaged drugs that can be obtained without prescription; the term was formerly used to describe quack remedies sold by peddlers. Patent, or proprietary, medicines are advertised to t...Neanderthal man
(Encyclopedia)Neanderthal man –tôlˌ [key], a species of Homo, the genus to which contemporary humans belong, known as H. neandertalensis after Neanderthal (now Neandertal), Germany, the valley where the first s...Browse by Subject
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