Posted on 03/25/2016 5:53:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Neandertal Enigma"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
Not necessarily, since the trick word here is "human".
You and I would classify all of the following as "pre-human", and yet it seems science writers like to blur the distinctions:
All of which were alive one million years ago, and could have made stone tools such as those found near Untermassfeld, in Germany.
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