East Asians

Fair skin, hair and eyes : Neanderthals are believed to have had blue or green eyes, as well as fair skin and light hair. Having spent 300,000 years in northern latitudes, five times longer than Homo sapiens, it is only natural that Neanderthals should have developed these adaptive traits first.

• 20 physical traits you may have inherited from a Neanderthal. by John Worthington for Ancestry – Genealogy & DNA.
• Occipital bun.
• Elongated skull.
• Space behind the wisdom teeth.
• Supraorbital ridge or brow ridge.
• Broad, projecting nose.
• Little or no protruding chin.
• Rosy cheeks.

This information is generally reported as a percentage that suggests how much DNA an individual has inherited from these ancestors. The percentage of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans is zero or close to zero in people from African populations, and is about 1 to 2 percent in people of European or Asian background.

In popular idiom, people sometimes use the word “Neanderthal” as an insult – to suggest that a person so designated combines a deficiency in intelligence and a tendency to use brute force.

Colloquially speaking, though, a Neanderthal is—as the Oxford English Dictionary puts it—“a primitive, uncivilized, or loutish person,” “politically or socially reactionary,” or “a male chauvinist.” In the past few days alone, journalists looking for a good jab have used the term to describe everything from Donald …

English Language Learners Definition of Neanderthal : a type of early human being that existed very long ago in Europe. : a man who is stupid and rude. : a person who has very old-fashioned ideas and who does not like change.

A neanderthal is someone who is rude and not very smart. The word Neanderthal is German, named for the Neander Valley where human fossils have been found, and around 1926 neanderthal became popular British slang for a “big, brutish, stupid person.”

Humans first evolved in Africa, and much of human evolution occurred on that continent. The fossils of early humans who lived between 6 and 2 million years ago come entirely from Africa. Most scientists currently recognize some 15 to 20 different species of early humans.

Neanderthals are thought to have practiced cannibalism or ritual defleshing. This hypothesis was formulated after researchers found marks on Neanderthal bones similar to the bones of a dead deer butchered by Neanderthals.

What is another word for neanderthal?

What is the opposite of Neanderthal?

▲ A prehistoric man who lived in caves. troglodyte. Neanderthal. cave dweller.

The term “caveman” has its taxonomic equivalent in the now-obsolete Homo troglodytes, (Linnaeus, 1758).

Caveman Syndrome is a way of recognizing that your brain and body simply aren’t optimized for today’s world. Part of the challenge is facing 16 hours work days, instead of the physical survival of the past. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Nobody was built for the world as it is today.