Neanderthaloid
[ nee-an-der-thaw-loid, -taw-, -tah-; ney-ahn-der-tah-loid ]
/ niˈæn dərˌθɔ lɔɪd, -ˌtɔ-, -ˌtɑ-; neɪˈɑn dərˌtɑ lɔɪd /
adjective
resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
noun
a fossil human having characteristics like those of Neanderthal man.
Origin of Neanderthaloid
First recorded in 1885–90;
Neanderthal +
-oid
Example sentences from the Web for neanderthaloid
Appearance of the first Neanderthaloid men in Krapina, Croatia.
Men of the Old Stone Age |Henry Fairfield OsbornDoctor Hrdlika regards the related Pedmost skull as distinctly showing Neanderthaloid affinity.
Men of the Old Stone Age |Henry Fairfield OsbornAnd we are not so far from that ancestor as to have eliminated not indeed Neanderthal, but Neanderthaloid types.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George WellsThe first discovery of a Neanderthaloid was made in 1848, eight years before the type of the Neanderthal race came to light.
Men of the Old Stone Age |Henry Fairfield Osborn