So instead the name and credit for the discovery of the first early humans went to the Neander Valley in Germany -not unfittingly, as it happens, for by uncanny coincidence Neander in Greek means new man.
因此,德国的尼安德特山谷倒成了第一批早期人类化石的发现地和命名地——不过这倒歪打正着, 因为尼安德特这个词在古希腊语里面恰好是“新人”的意思。