Neanderthal
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- noun
- /niˈændərˌθɔl/
- Slang
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neandertal
- The Neanderthal lived in Europe and western Asia during the Middle Paleolithic period.
Except that that's not how Neanderthals or Homo sapiens created community.
- Except that that's not how Neanderthals or Homo sapiens created community.
- We can we can trace it with some measure of confidence to Neanderthals.
- And that means that non Africans all have maybe a couple percent Neanderthal DNA.
- The results suggest modern human was not in fact descended from Neanderthals.
- And when we began to compete with Neanderthals for game and for territory, Neanderthals fled.
- How did Homo sapiens out compete the others, the other human like species, the the Neanderthals and the other Homo species.
- And it was that sociality that conferred a competitive advantage on our ancestors above Neanderthals.
- So, so that refers to what fraction of your genetic ancestry traces itself to the Neanderthals.
- Now, knowing him, that's one of his sort of almost warnings, seeing as how Homo sapiens eradicated the Neanderthals.
Examples
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And when we began to compete with Neanderthals for game and for territory, Neanderthals fled.
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Humans and Neanderthals interbred numerous times and some of their DNA ended up in our genome.
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And then, you know, when I started in this field, Neanderthal DNA was just coming out.
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I don't think it's going to be a Neanderthal due to the time frame.
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One of the standard essay questions was, could Neanderthals speak?
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And the thing that we looked at was that Neanderthals have been shown to have a much lower genetic diversity than humans.
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In Asia and Europe, our ancestors hybridized with Neanderthals and with the Denisovians, which were another branch of the tree in East Asia.
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Studies of ancient DNA show that many modern humans carry Neanderthal genes.
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Scientists believe that Neanderthals were skilled hunters who used tools to gather food.
Synonyms
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An early human who lived long ago in Europe and western Asia
An extinct type of human that lived in Europe and western Asia long ago
An extinct group of humans that lived in Europe and western Asia long ago
A type of human that lived in Europe and western Asia long ago and is now extinct
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Neanderthal is named after the Neander Valley in Germany where the first bones were found, and the ending thal means 'valley'. So the name points to the place and now names that extinct human species.