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To: SunkenCiv
species at Sima de los Huesos was a direct ancestor of the Neanderthals.

Skull 5 Homo heidelbergensis or related species 400,000 years old photo D. Finnin/AMNH

Most of the bones from Sima de los Huesos are extensively broken and fractured—including this skull.

7 posted on 10/16/2007 2:59:38 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks; Dustbunny

Geez, for layin’ in the ground a mere 500K years, those skulls are sure in lousy shape. ;’)


9 posted on 10/16/2007 4:56:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Tuesday, October 16, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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