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neanderthal

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Neanderthal  \Ne*an"der*thal`\,  a.  (Anthropol.) 
  Of  pertaining  to  or  named  from  the  Neanderthal,  a  valley 
  in  the  Rhine  Province,  in  which  were  found  parts  of  a 
  skeleton  of  an  early  type  of  man.  The  skull  is  characterized 
  by  extreme  dolichocephaly,  flat,  retreating  forehead,  with 
  closed  frontal  sutures,  and  enormous  superciliary  ridges.  The 
  cranial  capacity  is  estimated  at  about  1,220  cubic 
  centimeters,  being  about  midway  between  that  of  the 
  {Pithecanthropus}  and  modern  man.  Hence  designating  the 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  neanderthal 
  adj  1:  ill-mannered  and  coarse  and  contemptible  in  behavior  or 
  appearance;  "was  boorish  and  insensitive";  "the 
  loutish  manners  of  a  bully";  "her  stupid  oafish 
  husband";  "aristocratic  contempt  for  the  swinish 
  multitude"  [syn:  {boorish},  {loutish},  {oafish},  {swinish}] 
  2:  relating  to  or  belonging  to  or  resembling  Neanderthal  man; 
  "Neanderthal  skull"  [syn:  {Neanderthal},  {Neanderthalian}, 
  {Neandertal}] 
  n  :  extinct  robust  human  of  Middle  Paleolithic  in  Europe  and 
  western  Asia  [syn:  {Neanderthal  man},  {Neanderthal},  {Homo 
  sapiens  neanderthalensis}]




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