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Question
Write short note on Neanderthal man.
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Solution
- J.K. Fuhlrott (1856) collected the Neanderthal man fossil from the Neanderthal Valley in Germany.
- They existed between 1,00,000 and 40,000 years ago during the late Pleistocene.
- The cranial capacity was 1400 cc.
- There was Heavy built, short prominant, brow ridges, low forehead, deep jaws, chin absent, outwardly curved thigh bones.
- There was no Chin.
- the thigh bones are bent outward.
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