a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000–40,000b.c.See illus. under Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/neanderthal-man
1) Discovery of 1856 2) Number-one single in Germany 
a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000–40,000b.c.See illus. under