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 Ne·an·der·thal /niˈændɚ/
 (a.)穴居人的

 Ne·an·der·thal prop. a.
 1. Anthropol. Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man.  The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges.  The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man.  Hence, pertaining to or designating the Neanderthal race, or Neanderthal man, a species of extinct robust humans, believed to have been widespread in the Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia; as, a Neanderthal skull.
 Syn: -- Neanderthalian.
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 neanderthal
      adj 1: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or
             appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the
             loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish
             husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish
             multitude" [syn: boorish, loutish, neandertal, oafish,
              swinish]
      2: relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man;
         "Neanderthal skull" [syn: Neanderthalian, Neandertal]
      n : extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and
          western Asia [syn: Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal,
           Homo sapiens neanderthalensis]