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Science· 2014Q1

Neandertal roots: Cranial and chronological evidence from Sima de los Huesos

Juan Luís Arsuaga, Ignacio Martı́nez, Lee J. Arnold, Arantza Aranburu et al.

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Seventeen Middle Pleistocene crania from Sima de los Huesos, dated to ~430,000 years ago, reveal a consistent pattern of derived Neandertal features in the face and anterior vault, suggesting facial modification was an early step in Neandertal evolution.

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Field: Anthropology

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