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Definition of Neandertal man
1. Noun. Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia.
Group relationships: Genus Homo
Generic synonyms: Homo, Human, Human Being, Man
Derivative terms: Neandertal, Neanderthal, Neanderthalian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neandertal Man
Literary usage of Neandertal man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Evolution of Man: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the Yale Chapter by Richard Swann Lull, Harry Burr Ferris, George Howard Parker, James Rowland Angell, Albert Galloway Keller, Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"The skeleton of Neandertal man is peculiar, not alone in the lack of the ...
The skull of Neandertal man is very large, with a cranial capacity of 1600 cc ..."
2. An Introduction to the Mammalian Dentition by Thomas Wingate Todd (1918)
"These indicate the specialized and aberrant condition of Neandertal man so ...
It is true that there were many variations in Neandertal man as there are in ..."
3. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"Restoration of the head of Neandertal man. Mayer. ... It is the latter character,
in fact, that distinguishes the Neandertal man from all others, ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"... 112:100-1 Ja 30 '15 Most ancient skeletal remains of man. Mankind In the making.
WP Pycraft. il Sci 491-552 Neandertal man In Spain: the lower jaw of A. ..."
5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1920)
"... (6) primitive man (Homo primigenius, Neandertal man) ; (7) Homo sapiens.
Nevertheless, whether we agree or not with the phyletic hypothesis advanced by ..."
6. Hazell's Annual edited by Watson and Viney (1911)
"... from the Cro Alagnon men, and may have existed contemporaneously with Neandertal
man. The North European is dolichocephalic, tall, blue-eyed and blond. ..."
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