Neandertals

• Age: 180,000ó30,000 years ago

• Brain size: ~1400 cc (same as modern humans)

• Controversy: are these a subspecies of Homo sapiens, or a separate species? (And how can you tell from fossils?)

• First found in Neander River valley, Germany; now known from Europe and Middle East

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