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Nean′derthal man′, 
  1. Physical Anthropologya member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000–40,000b.c.See illus. under hominid. 
  • 1860–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Neanderthal man n
  1. a type of primitive human, Homo neanderthalensis, or H. sapiens neanderthalensis, occurring throughout much of Europe in late Palaeolithic times: it is thought that they did not interbreed with other early humans and are not the ancestors of modern humans
Etymology: 19th Century: from the anthropological findings (1857) in the Neandertal, a valley near Düsseldorf, Germany
'Neanderthal Man' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Mousterian - Rhodesian man - archaic Homo - Neanderthal - Neanderthaloid

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