By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

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(The originals are at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris.) The Neanderthal skull and jawbone (above, at left) belong to the so-called "Old Man" of La Chapelle-aux-Saints, a nearly complete skeleton ...

Thanks to modern technology (and based on skull remains), we can now reconstruct a likely approximation of the faces of our ancient Neanderthal ancestors. When we look at those faces, we see beings ...

A reconstruction of a Neanderthal woman's face, based on a skull unearthed in Shanidar cave in Iraqi Kurdistan. The skull belonged to a woman who died around 75,000 years ago and was crushed to bits.

The man is posed as if in the middle of decorating his body ... Listen to the tale of the first adult Neanderthal skull unearthed and what we've uncovered about our close relative in the past 160 ...

These early humans are far more similar to us than once believed. Listen to the tale of the first adult Neanderthal skull unearthed and what we've uncovered about our close relative in the past 160 ...

A massive, well-preserved skull discovered in China in the 1930s belongs to a new species called Homo longi, researchers report, but experts remain skeptical about the evidence. Amanda was an ...

But the Yunxian man skull was difficult to put into a single ... They started in Africa, but soon spread around the world. Neanderthals originated in Europe and Asia about 400,000 years ago.

From a flaky skull, found “as flat as ... animalistic stereotype of the Neanderthal first created in 1908 after the discovery of the “old man of La Chapelle”. On the basis of the old man ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. CT scans of a Neanderthal skull (left) and a modern human skull ...

Note that the Neanderthal is painted plaster of paris, with the maroon spots indicating pieces missing from the original. The Cro Magnon skull is molded fiberglass. When you view the casts head-on ...