neanderthal

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(of people or beliefs) very old-fashioned and not willing to change:

He criticized what he described as the "neanderthal tendencies" of the right wing of the party.

(of people) rude or offensive

relating to a type of primitive people who lived in Europe and Asia from about 150,000 to 30,000 years ago:

Neanderthal man

a type of primitive people who lived in Europe and Asia from about 150,000 to 30,000 years ago:

The Neanderthals were skilled hunters of large game such as bison or deer.

By 28,000 years ago, the Neanderthals had vanished, and scientists have not yet been able to determine why.

one of the ancient people who lived in Europe and Asia from approximately 30,000 to 150,000 years ago

fig.someone who behaves in a rude or offensive way