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   Neanderthal
   The Naenderthal were early human beings of the Palaeolithic period. The first Neanderthal skeleton was found in the Rhineland in 1857. They became extinct in 30,000 BC.
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   Neanderthal
   [adj] - relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
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   Neanderthal
   Hominid of the Mid-Late Palaeolithic, named after the Neander Tal (valley) near Düsseldorf, Germany, where a skeleton was found in 1856. Homo sapiens neanderthalensis lived from about 150,000 to...
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   Neanderthal
   Neanderthal: An extinct subspecies of Homo sapiens who lived in Europe and the area around the Mediterranean from 100,000 to 30,000 years ago. Study of mitochondrial DNA indicates that Neanderthal man made little or no contribution to the genome of modern humans. Named after Neanderthal (Neander valley) near Düsseldorf, where bones of a Neanderthal ...
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   Neanderthal
   Ne·an'der·thal` adjective (Anthropol.) Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, b ...
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   Neanderthal
   Neanderthalian adjective relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; `Neanderthal skull`
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   Neanderthal
   The `Neanderthal` (also with , and ), or `Neandertal`, was a species of the `Homo` genus (`Homo neanderthalensis` or `Homo sapiens neanderthalensis`) that inhabited Europe and parts of western and central Asia. The first proto-Neanderthal traits appeared in Europe as early as 350,000 years ago. It is believed that the population of Neanderthals was never much more than 10,000 individuals.`Stone Age feminism? Females joining hunt may explain Nea...
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   Neanderthal
   • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,2...
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   Neanderthal
   the most recent archaic humans, who emerged between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago and were replaced by early modern humans between 35,000 and 28,000 ... [36 related articles]
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    Neanderthal
    A member of the most well known species of late archaic Homo sapiens. Neanderthals lived mostly in Europe and the Near East from 150,000 years ago or even earlier until at sometime after 28,000 years ago. There is an on-going debate as to whether they should be considered Homo sapiens or a distinct ...
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    Neanderthal
    Neanderthal (nāän'durtäl") , small valley, W Germany, E of Düsseldorf. In 1856 the remains of Neanderthal man were discovered there.
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