The meaning of Neanderthal

noun

An uncivilized, unintelligent, or uncouth person (typically used of a man).

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The stereotype of the mechanic as a macho neanderthal

noun

An extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age europe between c.120,000 and 35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. the neanderthals were associated with the mousterian flint industry of the middle palaeolithic.

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Eventually we dominated and may have caused the extinction of another earlier human species, the ne…

adjective

An extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age europe between c. 120,000 and 35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. the neanderthals were associated with the mousterian flint industry of the middle palaeolithic.

adjective

Relating to neanderthals.

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A neanderthal axe

adjective

Uncivilized, unintelligent, or uncouth (typically used of a man).

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They were pushed back by neanderthal security guards

noun

One of the ancient people who lived in europe and asia from approximately 30,000 to 150,000 years ago

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A neanderthal skeleton