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neanderthal

/niˈæn.dɚˌθɑl/

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What does neanderthal mean?

adjective

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Neanderthal.
  2. Of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis.

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Neanderthal.
More meanings (6)

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the Neander Valley in Germany.
  2. (derogatory) Old-fashioned, opposed to change.
  3. (derogatory) Primitive, savage or uncivilized.

noun

  1. A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.
  2. (derogatory) A primitive, savage or uncivilized person.
  3. (derogatory) A white person.

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IPA pronunciation

/niˈæn.dɚˌθɑl/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/niˈæn.dɚ.θəl//niˈæn.dɚˌtɑl/
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For an account of the Neanderthal man and other remains mentioned, see Quatrefages, Human Species, chap.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
These are excellently described by their discoverer ("La race humaine de Neanderthal ou de Canstatt en Belgique".
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
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Nevertheless, it must be admitted that some skulls of very high antiquity, such as the famous one of Neanderthal, are well developed and capacious.
Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexProject Gutenberg ebook #2300
Nothing died but that which stood in the pathway of man's development,--the monstrous animals, the Neanderthal races, the half-human creatures intermediate between man and the brute.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
I think that, if ever there was an ogre in the world, he must have been very like a certain person who lived, or was buried, in a cave in the Neanderthal, between Elberfeld and Dusseldorf, on the Lower Rhine.
Charles KingsleyMadam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #1697