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Homo neanderthalensis
Compare Homo habilis, H. erectus, H. neanderthalensis, and H. sapiens to determine the first human species
Neanderthal sites of the Late Pleistocene How and where does magma form on Earth? Atapuerca Mousterian industry Neanderthal: genetic studies Denisova Cave Neanderthal toe bone Neanderthal: bone fragments
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Compare Homo habilis, H. erectus, H. neanderthalensis, and H. sapiens to determine the first human species
Learn about early species in the genus Homo and scholarly debates over what...
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Homo neanderthalensis
Artist's rendering of Homo neanderthalensis, who ranged from western Europe...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Neanderthal sites of the Late Pleistocene
Map of selected Neanderthal sites of Europe and the Middle East.
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How and where does magma form on Earth?
Fossil remains of a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) as found at Kebara,...
© The Natural History Museum, London/Alamy
Atapuerca
Cave in Atapuerca, northern Spain.
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Mousterian industry
Mousterian tool made by the Levallois flaking technique, from Syria.
Guérin Nicolas
Neanderthal: genetic studies
American evolutionary biologist Richard Green holding replicas of the bones from...
Jim MacKenzie
Denisova Cave
A team of Russian archaeologists excavating in the East Gallery of Denisova Cave,...
© Bence Viola
Neanderthal toe bone
This 50,000-year-old toe bone from a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis),...
© Bence Viola
Neanderthal: bone fragments
Three fragments of long bones, representing three different female Neanderthals who...
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Possible appearance of a Neanderthal man. The head and shoulders of a complete statue...
Erik Trinkaus
Skull of an adult male Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis), from the La...
Courtesy of the Musée du Quai Branly (formely the Musée de l'Homme), Paris
Shanidar 1 Neanderthal skull
The Shanidar 1 Neanderthal skull found at Shanidar Cave, northern Iraq.
© Erik Trinkaus
human lineage
An artist's depiction of five species of the human lineage.
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skeleton of a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis)
Skeleton of a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) compared with a skeleton...
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hominid fossil excavation sites
The earliest fossils of human ancestors have been found in Africa.
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