Are Neanderthals from the Netherlands?

Neanderthals originated in Africa, then migrated to Eurasia, as far north and west as the Britain, through parts of the Middle East, to Uzbekistan, and alot of Neanderthals did live in The Netherlands, Germany and also Belgium. However The word Netherlands has two parts - 'Nether' and 'lands'. read more

The Neanderthal was a hominid human whose remains were first discovered in the ‘Neander Thal’. That is Neander Valley in Germany. This species is known to have ranged from Africa through most of Europe and into Asia. The Netherlands is a country. The name in English means the Low Countries. read more

Neanderthals are an extinct species of the genus Homo, which includes humans and many of our ancestors and their evolutionaryspin-offs. Neanderthals only existed between about 130,000 and 24,000 years ago, and can be thought of as an early human adapted to harsh Ice Age climates. read more

Spectacular discovery of first-ever Dutch Neanderthal . For the first time ever, a fossil of a Neanderthal has been discovered in the Netherlands. The skull fragment, over 40,000 years old, with its characteristically thick Neanderthal eyebrow ridge, was found off the coast of Zeeland, dredged up from the bottom of the North Sea. read more