Neanderthaloid

[ nee-an-der-thaw-loid, -taw-, -tah-; ney-ahn-der-tah-loid ]

adjective

1. resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.

noun

1. a fossil human having characteristics like those of Neanderthal man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Neanderthaloid¹

First recorded in 1885–90; Neanderthal + -oid

Example Sentences

And we are not so far from that ancestor as to have eliminated not indeed Neanderthal, but Neanderthaloid types.

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Appearance of the first Neanderthaloid men in Krapina, Croatia.

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The first discovery of a Neanderthaloid was made in 1848, eight years before the type of the Neanderthal race came to light.

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Doctor Hrdlika regards the related Pedmost skull as distinctly showing Neanderthaloid affinity.

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