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Definition of: Neanderthal man
(nē·an′dər·täl, -thôl, -thol; Ger. nā·än′dər·täl)
A relatively advanced protohuman species (Homo neanderthalensis) first identified from fragments of a fossil skeleton discovered in 1856 in cave deposits of the Neander valley near Düsseldorf. It is regarded as typical of a race of ancient cave-dwellers who preceded modern man, developing the Mousterian stone culture in western Europe. [<G Neanderthal Neander valley]
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