Because the type specimen, Neanderthal 1, was found in 1856 in the Neander Valley in present-day Germany.
What part of our body evolved faster?
Nose!
Where did Leonardo da Vinci come from?
Leonardo was actually born in, or near, Vinci - a city in the Italian region of Tuscany (hence the phrase after his name 'da Vinci' meaning 'from Vinci'.
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