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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...Neandertal man
(Encyclopedia)Neandertal man: see Neanderthal man. ...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.Heidelberg man
(Encyclopedia)Heidelberg man: see Homo erectus. ...Java man
(Encyclopedia)Java man: see Homo erectus.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...Peking man
(Encyclopedia)Peking man: see Homo erectus.Browse by Subject
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