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Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

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Noun1.Homo sapiens neanderthalensisHomo sapiens neanderthalensis - extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
genus Homo - type genus of the family Hominidae
human, human being, homo, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage


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Even Homo sapiens neanderthalensis had the brains to protect his family.
From Purgatorious Unio, the prototypical mammal at the root of the primate family, to Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis, mankind's most distant relatives have been reconstructed and brought back to life in three-dimensional form.
In ``Neanderthal,'' the conceit is pretty clever: There is evidence that Homo sapiens sapiens and Homo sapiens neanderthalensis coexisted in Europe during the last ice age, about 25,000 years ago.
 
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