The species is named after the site of its first discovery, about east of Düsseldorf, Germany, in the Feldhofer Cave in the river Düssel's Neander valley named after Joachim Neander, a 17th-century German pastor and hymnist.
The species is named after the site of its first discovery, which is about east of Düsseldorf, Germany, in the Feldhofer Cave in the river Düssel's Neander valley. The valley is named after Joachim Neander, a 17th-century German pastor and hymnist.