Neanderthal: Media

archaic human

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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...
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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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