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Neanderthal man

(Encyclopedia)Neanderthal man –tôlˌ [key], a species of Homo, the genus to which contemporary humans belong, known as H. neandertalensis after Neanderthal (now Neandertal), Germany, the valley where the first s...

Neanderthal

(Encyclopedia)Neanderthal, Germany: see Neandertal. ...

Cro-Magnon man

(Encyclopedia)Cro-Magnon man krō-măgˈnən, –mănˈyən [key], an early Homo sapiens (the species to which modern humans belong) that lived about 40,000 years ago. Skeletal remains and associated artifacts of t...

Neandertal

(Encyclopedia)Neandertal or Neanderthal nāänˈdərtälˌ [key], small valley, W Germany, E of Düsseldorf. In 1856 remains of Neanderthal man were discovered there. ...

early man

(Encyclopedia)early man: see human evolution.

Java man

(Encyclopedia)Java man: see Homo erectus.

man, prehistoric

(Encyclopedia)man, prehistoric, or early man: see human evolution. ...

medicine man

(Encyclopedia)medicine man, among Native Americans and other traditional peoples as far back as Paleolithic times, a person believed to possess supernatural healing powers. Like the shaman the medicine man was a sp...

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