Neanderthal

Adjective

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

Alternative forms

 * Neanderthal
 * Neandertal

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.

Alternative forms

 * Neanderthal
 * Neandertal

Thesaurus
Goth, Gothic, animal, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, ill-bred, impolite, noncivilized, outlandish, primitive, rough-and-ready, savage, troglodyte, troglodytic, uncivil, uncivilized, uncombed, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unkempt, unlicked, unpolished, unrefined, untamed, wild

Etymology
From the name of the German valley where Neanderthal 1 was discovered in 1856. The undefined: (from w:Düssel:, a small tributary of the River Rhine + tal:) itself was renamed (from undefined: and/or undefined:) in the early 19th century to undefined:, and again in 1850 to w:Neanderthal, Germany:; both names were in honour of the German Calvinist theologian and hymn writer Joachim Neander (1650–1680). The surname Neander: is a Romanisation of the Greek translation of the original surname Neumann:, for which reason Homo neanderthalensis: is sometimes called New man: in English.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 * Japanese: (neanderutārujin)


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 * Mandarin: 尼安德特人 ; 尼安德塔人
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