The early modern human's legs feature realistic body art His lower legs are stained red with ochre ... Listen to the tale of the first adult Neanderthal skull unearthed and what we've uncovered about ...

Female Homo neanderthalensis skull discovered at Tabun Cave at Mount Carmel in ... Prof Stringer says, 'So far, in my opinion, we don't have representational art from Neanderthal sites. But they did ...

In this feature, compare the skulls and jawbones of a Neanderthal and an early modern human and see if you can ferret out the many anatomical dissimiliarities that paleoanthropologists use to ...

Neanderthal skulls reveal brains that were shaped differently ... Decorative objects, pigments, and even cave art point to a capacity for symbolic thought and ritual. These discoveries hint ...

The researchers estimate that the skulls are about 430,000 years old—the oldest specimens with Neanderthal features to be found thus far, according to Arsuaga. “We now have a reliable minimum age for ...

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 ...