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Neanderthal

adjective
 
 
/niːˈæn.dəˌtɑːl/ US  /-dɚ-/

Definition

relating to a type of primitive people who lived in Europe and Asia from about 150,000 to 30,000 years ago: Neanderthal manPrehistory Neanderthal
 
 
noun [C]
Names of groups of people who lived in the past
(Definition of Neanderthal adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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