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Neanderthal
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What's The Definition Of Neanderthal?
[n] extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
[adj] ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [adj] relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; "Neanderthal skull" Synonyms | Synonyms for Neanderthal: boorish | Homo sapiens neanderthalensis | loutish | neandertal | Neandertal | Neandertal | Neandertal man | Neanderthal man | Neanderthalian | oafish | swinish | unrefined Related Terms | Find terms related to Neanderthal: animal | barbarian | barbaric | barbarous | bestial | brutal | brute | brutish | Goth | Gothic | ill-bred | impolite | noncivilized | outlandish | primitive | rough-and-ready | savage | troglodyte | troglodytic | uncivil | uncivilized | uncombed | uncouth | uncultivated | uncultured | unkempt | unlicked | unpolished | unrefined | untamed | wild See Also | genus Homo | homo | human | human being | man Neanderthal In Webster's Dictionary \Ne*an"der*thal`\, a. (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, being about midway between that of the
{Pithecanthropus} and modern man. Hence, designating the
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