[Blood of Tyrants]

Try this out. When the first skull of was found in the Neandethal region, it was taken to a medical doctor who diagnosed the person as having severe ricketts, a bone deformity condition caused by a lack of vitamin D.

[blam]

"Try this out. When the first skull of was found in the Neandethal region, it was taken to a medical doctor who diagnosed the person as having severe ricketts, a bone deformity condition caused by a lack of vitamin D."

Yup. The lack of a sufficent amount of vitamin D was the driving force for lighter skinned humans.

[Junior]

The first Neanderthal skeleton was of a middle-aged man with obvious problems. Later Neanderthal skeletons have included individuals without the physical problems of that first individual. Neanderthals have some definite physical differences from modern man, included different dentiture, and the angle at which the spinal cord enters the skull is different than Homo Sapien Sapien.

[ZULU]

That was in the 1800's. Forensic science has advanced considerably since then.