Facial reconstruction of a 53,000-year-old man from France This skeleton is one of the best preserved Neanderthal found in Europe at the time. The skull, nearly all vertebrae, 20 ribs, and most arm and leg bones survived, including parts of the hands and feet. The body position suggested an intentional burial in a cave depression, accompanied by Mousterian tools, shells, and animal remains of woolly rhinoceros, horse, reindeer, and bison, dating it to the Middle Mousterian period. The individual
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Facial reconstruction of a 53,000-year-old man from France This skeleton is one of the best preserved Neanderthal found in Europe at the time. The skull, nearly all vertebrae, 20 ribs, and most arm and leg bones survived, including parts of the hands and feet. The body position suggested an intentional burial in a cave depression, accompanied by Mousterian tools, shells, and animal remains of woolly rhinoceros, horse, reindeer, and bison, dating it to the Middle Mousterian period. The individual
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