Neanderthaloid, a. (n.)
(nɪˌændəˈtɑːlɔɪd)
[f. Neanderthal + -oid.]
Having the characteristics of the fossil hominid found at Neanderthal in Rhenish Prussia in 1856.
| 1887 W. H. Flower in Jrnl. Anthrop. Inst. XVI. 377 A type which has received the name ‘Neanderthaloid’. 1890 Huxley in 19th Cent. Nov. 776 Skulls do approach the Neanderthaloid type, among both the brunet and the blond long-head races. 1971 Nature 23 Apr. 489/2 Although Swanscombe had long been considered closely affiliated with modern Homo sapiens the multivariate analysis indicated a closer resemblance to the neanderthaloids. |