Meanings
adjectiveChâtelperronian (not comparable)
- not comparablearchaeologyRelating to a paleolithic flint industry located near Châtelperron in France.
And there is some evidence that once the Neanderthals made contact with humans they borrowed ideas and ways of doing things, in doing so creating the Châtelperronian culture, which persisted until the moment of Neanderthal extinction.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 176
Translations
French châtelperronien
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Rhymes & wordplay
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