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... and he learnt perhaps to hunt in Europe once (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neanderthal

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'and he learnt perhaps to hunt in europe once' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'and he learnt perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'and'+'he'+'learnt'='andhelearnt'
'andhelearnt' anagrammed gives 'NEANDERTHAL'.

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(Other definitions for neanderthal that I've seen before include "German valley" , "Human widely found in ice age Europe" , "Type of primitive man" , "Extinct type of human" , "Uncivilised man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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