Neanderthal
adjective
of or relating to Neanderthal man.
Neanderthals
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pluralof Neanderthal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The results support a recent hypothesis that Neanderthals may have regularly eaten animal carcasses containing fly larvae.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Although Neanderthals and Denisovans later disappeared, portions of their genomes survived in their modern human descendants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Earlier studies had found signs that Homo sapiens mixed with archaic humans beyond Neanderthals and Denisovans.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Its premise—the first, disastrous encounter between a family of placid Neanderthals and a ruthless “new people,” Homo sapiens—is simple, though its execution is anything but.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Neanderthals made their exit roughly 30,000 years ago.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
