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Neanderthal

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  1. 1. adj. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man Source: wordnet
  2. 2. n. extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia Source: wordnet
  3. 3. adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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 Neanderthal race, or man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe. Source: webster
  5. 5. j:100 a. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man Source: ecdict

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