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Were the Les Rois Teeth Really Neanderthal? New Study Reopens the Mystery

A new study of a 30,000-year-old mandible from Les Rois Cave places the specimen closer to early Homo sapiens than to Neanderthals. The result changes what the famous teeth can—and cannot—tell us about life in the Aurignacian.

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Were the Les Rois Teeth Really Neanderthal? New Study Reopens the Mystery

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Teeth of a 30,000-Year-Old Child Were Called Neanderthals for Decades, but a New Analysis Changed the Identification

In the research on the fossils of France, the analysis of Les Rois teeth transformed ancient scientific interpretations. The new study showed that the anatomical characteristics belong to populations different from what was believed. How was the anatomical reclassification of the fossils performed? For decades, paleontologists classified the set of dental pieces of the cave of Les Rois...

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Were the Les Rois Teeth Really Neanderthal? New Study Reopens the Mystery

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