The Evolution of Man

[Smilodon-Rex]

The discovery through computer analysis of two skulls expands the range of the archaic humans, suggests modern Chinese might have a European ancestor and challenges the idea that Neanderthals struggled to mix with local populations.
The research on the human skulls unearthed in Xuchang, Henan province, by Chinese and US scientists was published on Friday in the journal Science.

Neanderthals were a muscular, early human species with large brains and were well adapted to the cold. Their bulk helped them survive and thrive through numerous ice ages until they suddenly died out about 40,000 years ago.
At first their remains were found only in Western Europe, but Neanderthal finds have since been reported in Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. The Xuchang skulls expand that range to East Asia. Reply