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To: SunkenCiv

Too bad they cannot bring themselves to spell “Neanderthal” correctly...


5 posted on 04/21/2021 10:25:06 AM PDT by LaRueLaDue ("Nah... It'll be fine." -- The Critical Drinker)
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To: LaRueLaDue

Perhaps you should take your inability to know what you’re talking about to another thread.


7 posted on 04/21/2021 10:26:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: LaRueLaDue

Neanderthal, (Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis), also spelled Neandertal, member of a group of archaic humans who emerged at least 200,000 years ago during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago) and were replaced or assimilated by early modern human populations (Homo sapiens) ...


9 posted on 04/21/2021 10:27:41 AM PDT by Jayster (Legalize Marijuana )
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To: LaRueLaDue

Neanderthal is the more common spelling of the noun denoting the species of robust humanlike creatures that went extinct around 30,000 years ago. Neandertal is preferred by a few scientific publications. Neanderthal, the original spelling, was derived from the German valley where Neanderthal fossils were first discovered in the 19th century.


11 posted on 04/21/2021 10:29:33 AM PDT by dainbramaged ( Zulus to the Southwest - thousands of 'em.)
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To: LaRueLaDue

They did - there are 2 accepted spellings - the first is the original German spelling prior to 1901; then it was changed to the latter spelling.

see here
https://grammarist.com/spelling/neandertal-neanderthal/


17 posted on 04/21/2021 11:45:10 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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