Changes in the form of the dental arcade, its position relative to the braincase, the origins of muscles, or the volume of the brain lead to models that clearly resemble morphological differences between species or genera. The deductive virtual synthesis of the typical skull of Neanderthals using...
New insights into differences in brain organization between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans, Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The contribution of Neanderthals to phenotypic variation in modern humans, American Journal of Human Genetics. Related Stories Prehistory The Prehistoric Ages: How ...
Males, though, have about a 100 g advantage after accounting for differences in total body weight [source: Schoenemann]. Which brings us to the age-old question: Does size really matter? That is, does the male in this scenario have any sort of valid point when he claims to be sm...
As pointed out in both the book, The Past in Perspective, and the film, differences included projecting brow ridges and face, and an occipital bun, a projection in the back of the skull. It is concluded that the occipital bun evolved to accommodate brain growth. However, skulls are far ...
It is now commonly recognized that Neanderthals and earlier Middle Pleistocene European fossils form a separate evolutionary lineage, at least partly geographically isolated in Western Eurasia. Certainly, the number and magnitude of anatomical differences between Neanderthals and modern humans is such that ...
Sharing about 99.5% DNA with the Neanderthals, the largest bone in the foot may be one of the biggest differences that set the modern humans apart to out-live the Neanderthals. Both Neanderthals and modern humans have arched feet, but the height of heal differs. Dr David Raichlen found that...
The study of audition in fossil hominins is of great interest given its relationship with intraspecific vocal communication. While the auditory capacities have been studied in early hominins and in the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins, less
GThe newly evolved regions of DNA also include a gene called RUNX2, which controls bone growth. That may account for differences in the shape of the skull and the rib cage between the two species. By contrast an earlier phase of the study had already shown that Neanderthals and moderns sha...
That may account for differences in the shape of the skull and the rib cage between the two species. By contrast an earlier phase of the study had already shown that Neanderthals and moderns share the same version of a gene called FOXP2, which is involved in the ability to speak, and ...
at least partly geographically isolated in Western Eurasia. Certainly, the number and magnitude of anatomical differences between Neanderthals and modern humans is such that it warrants their recognition as a separate species, and their exclusion fromHomo sapiens(e.g., Stringer1974; Tattersall1992; Str...