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The name of the German valley where the first specimen was found was spelled Neanderthal until early 20th century. But it's Neandertal nowadays.
by mh-cx 10y ago
The name of the German valley where the first specimen was found was spelled Neanderthal until early 20th century. But it's Neandertal nowadays.
- mc32 10y agoThat's understandable, but here they are not talking about the geographic area (in its native language, no less) but about the hominid species. English (and other languages too) typically fossilize nouns. Take Japan, we don't now call it Jahon even tough in the native language p -> h. [nevermind Japanese interchangeably use Nihon and Nippon]