Neanderthal man
noun
a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000–40,000 b.c.
Origin of Neanderthal man
First recorded in 1860–65
British Dictionary definitions for neanderthal man
Neanderthal man
noun
a type of primitive man, 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
Word Origin for Neanderthal man
C19: from the anthropological findings (1857) in the Neandertal, a valley near Düsseldorf, Germany