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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Neanderthal
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(a.) 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, designating the Neanderthal race, / man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Neanderthal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/neanderthal.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Neanderthal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/neanderthal.html. 1828.
