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Combe-Capelle|kɔ̃b kapɛl| The name of a rock-shelter near Montferrand-du-Périgord, Dordogne, France, applied attrib. to the remains of an early type of man discovered there in 1909.
1911A. Keith Anc. Types of Man v. 56 While the writer is inclined to agree in provisionally assigning the Combe-Capelle man to the Galley Hill race he believes that further discoveries will show that the Combe-Capelle man belongs to a branch marked with certain negroid features. 1927Peake & Fleure Hunters & Artists v. 66 We may call it provisionally the Combe Capelle, or perhaps better the Predmost type by way of contrast with the Cro-Magnon type. 1959Chambers's Encycl. IX. 40/2 (heading) The Combe Capelle Man. In 1909 Hauser..unearthed a skeleton in the rock-shelter of Combe Capelle..at the very base of a deposit containing Aurignacian implements... The remains are generally agreed to belong to the Cromagnon type,..though differing in some notable respects. |