Neanderthal

noun

  1. A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.

  2. A primitive person.

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis.

    The capacity of the Neanderthal skull was 10% larger than that of modern humans.

  2. Old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to Homo neanderthalensis).

  3. Of or pertaining to the Neander Valley in Germany.

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