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  • Sea gives up Neanderthal fossil [ dredged up from the North Sea ]

    06/15/2009 8:19:35 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 40 replies · 1,014+ views
    BBC ^ | Monday, June 15, 2009 | Paul Rincon
    Scientists in Leiden, in the Netherlands, have unveiled the specimen -- a fragment from the front of a skull belonging to a young adult male. Analysis of chemical "isotopes" in the 30,000-60,000-year-old fossil suggest a carnivorous diet, matching results from other Neanderthal specimens... The Neanderthal frontal bone is the first known "archaic" human specimen to have been recovered from the sea bed anywhere in the world. It was found among animal remains and stone artefacts dredged up 15km off the coast of the Netherlands in 2001. The fragment was spotted by Luc Anthonis, a private fossil collector from Belgium, in...