The Collaborative International Dictionary
Neanderthal race \Neanderthal race\, or Neanderthal man \Neanderthal man\, a species of extinct robust humans, believed to have been widespread in the Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia; as, a Neanderthal skull.
Syn: Neanderthalian. 2. Similar to or reminiscent of a neanderthal human; troglodytic; primitive and uncultured.
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"Neanderthal Man" is a song by Hotlegs, an English pop band that was later relaunched as 10cc. The song, initially created only as a studio exercise to test drum sounds on new recording equipment, sold over two million copies and reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 22 in the US. It reached No.1 in Italy and Germany and was also a Top 20 hit in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland and Japan.
Neanderthal man is an extinct human of the genus Homo.
Neanderthal man may also refer to:
- The Neanderthal Man (1953), science-fiction film made in the United States
- "Neanderthal Man" (song) (1970), by English band Hotlegs
- Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes (2014), memoir by Neanderthal researcher Svante Pääbo
Usage examples of "neanderthal man".
Cro-Magnon man, our direct ancestor, should just be replacing Neanderthal man.
He points out that the ‘tanged’ arrowhead - a head that could be fastened to a shaft - was invented by a species of Neanderthal man - Aterian - who lived in the Sahara (in the days when it was a green paradise) about forty thousand years ago.
Had he been somehow catapulted five thousand years into his own future, Enkidu would have been hailed with glee by archaeologists and anthropologists as a prime specimen of a Neanderthal Man, supposedly long-dead by this point in history.
That they may have a superficial resemblance to the Neanderthal man, but a physical anthropologist could tell the difference at a glance.
Yet here we are, less than 50,000 years from Neanderthal Man, landing astronauts on the Moon.