Skulls reveal Neandertal’s hodge-podge genealogy
Fossil treasure trove shows nuances in hominid family tree
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NEANDERTAL IN THE MAKING Hominids living in Spain some 400,000 years ago had facial features of Neandertals, such as the protruding teeth and lack of a chin seen in this newly analyzed fossil, but had not yet evolved the big brain cases seen 200,000 years later in full-blown Neandertals.
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