... and he learnt perhaps to hunt in Europe once (11)
I believe the answer is:
neanderthal
'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'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)