> > > >> Silly old me had always thought that the Neandertal, which > >> is (quite appropriately) located near Dusseldorf, had its name from > the > >> river Neander flowing through it. > > > > The Neander meanders through it... Neumann must have given his name > to the > > river, then. > > The river was called the Düssel before both valley and river were > neanderized... having lived in Cologne for a long time myself I can of > course see how Ralf would go into denial about something being called > "Düssel" ]=) > Kölle alaaf > Ecke
The Neanderthal Man was apparently not so düssel as originally thought! At any rate, his average brain:body size ratio exceeded ours, I believe. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
