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ALL meanings of neanderthal man

Ne·an·der·thal man
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  • noun neanderthal man a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000–40,000 b.c. 1
  • noun neanderthal man early human being 1
  • noun neanderthal man a type of primitive man, Homo neanderthalensis, or H. sapiens neanderthalensis, occurring throughout much of Europe in late Palaeolithic times: it is thought that they did not interbreed with other early humans and are not the ancestors of modern humans 0
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