Definitions for neanderthal man

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Nean′derthal man`(n.)

  1. a member of an extinct subspecies of humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and W and central Asia c100,000–40,000 b .c .

    Category: Physical Anthropology

Origin of Neanderthal man:

1860–65

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis(noun)

    extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia


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