Homo rhodesiensis refers to an extinct
hominin species of the genus
Homo, first described in 1921 by
Arthur Smith Woodward in reference to the
Kabwe skull fossil recovered at Broken Hill, or
Kabwe, in
Zambia (once part of Northern Rhodesia). A number of
morphologically-comparable fossil remains came to light in East Africa (Bodo, Ndutu, Eyasi,
Ileret) and North Africa (Salé, Rabat, Dar-es-Soltane, Djbel Irhoud, Sidi Aberrahaman, Tighenif) during the 20th century and were classified as
Homo rhodesiensis.