Mandible from Arago
Skull from Arago
Top view
Petralona Skull
Homo neanderthalensis
Forbes Quarry, Gibraltar Skull
Forbes Quarry Skull. Note the occipital bun
La Chapelle Skull: "Old Man from La Chapelle"
Lateral view
Note the occipital bun
La Chapelle- cast that captures the extent of his osteoarthritis
Posterior view
Lateral view
La Chapelle Mandible
Note that only one tooth remains. Roots grew over the bone, showing that he lived for many years without teeth, which helps the argument that he lived in a group where some level of social support existed.
Monte Circeo
Lateral view
Skull from Amud, Israel
Lateral view
Note the occipital bun
Mandible
Note the retromolar space
Skull from Teshik-Tesh, Uzbekistan
Juvenile skull
Lateral view
Posterior view
Notice how teeth are still coming in (like the canines)
Note the retromolar space
Kebara Pelvis, from Israel
Note the long superior pubic ramus
This is a comparison of the modern human superior pubic ramus compared to the Kebara pelvis: the Kebara superior pubic ramus is longer
Lucy's pelvis for comparison
Note, this pelvis is long side to side. Modern humans are round, and Neandertals are long front to back.
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