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

From a flaky skull, found “as flat as a pizza” on a cave floor in northern Iraq, the face of ... of the Neanderthal first created in 1908 after the discovery of the “old man of La Chapelle”.

As visitors wander among the fossils, tools and other artefacts in the gallery, two standout characters put a human face to the last phase of our epic evolutionary journey. Staring into the twinkling ...

"I wouldn't be surprised if they had a variety of coverings both to the face, the head ... year-old Ötzi the Ice Man — no one has found similar evidence at Neanderthal sites.

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.

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If so, you're right on, though those are only the most obvious differences between your face ... The Neanderthal skull and jawbone (above, at left) belong to the so-called "Old Man" of La Chapelle ...

C. G. Seligman, in the chair, a paper by Sir Arthur Keith on “The Discovery of Neanderthal Man in Malta, with an account of the Survey of the Cave in which the evidence was found (Ghar Dalam ...

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone ... is formed by the intersection of a large flake scar on each face. Instead of being pointed, cleavers have a blunt, but sharp ...