Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
species within thegenus Homo — Neanderthal man (extinct).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Homō neanderthalēnsis, species name : Latin homō, man; see homo + New Latin neanderthalēnsis, of Neanderthal (Neandertal), a valley of western Germany near Düsseldorf where remains of these humans were found in 1856.]
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The only other hominid a human or close relative in existence back then, Homo neanderthalensis, was eking out a life alongside us modern humans, but its populations were in terminal decline.
The Guardian World News Ian Sample 2010
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