NEANDERTHAL

Neanderthal

The Neanderthals or Neandertals are an extinct species of the genus Homo, possibly a subspecies of Homo sapiens. They are closely related to modern humans, differing in DNA by only 0.3%, just twice the variability across contemporary humans. Remains left by Neanderthals include bones and stone tools, which are found from western Europe to central Asia. The species is named after Neandertal, the location in Germany where it was first discovered.

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neanderthal

Noun

  1. A primitive person or a person with old-fashioned ideas or who opposes change.
  2. (usually Neanderthal) A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.

Adjective

  1. Primitive, old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis).


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