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Caveman, have always been something I was fascinated with watching documentaries about things they would find that could possible conclude cavemen actually existed. Findings of fossils have contributed to great discoveries among species. One unique fossil found was the Neanderthal. This fossil is considering the early human life formation, with having some traits of Homo sapiens species now.
Upon being found in Germany around 1856 no one had ever seen anything in this nature. This particular fossil had a different look that stood out, such as low sloppily forehead, an oval shaped skull, and heavily bones. The Neanderthal was named after the findings were found in Neander valley, Germany in the Feldhofer cave. Scientist has recovered DNA from a dozen fossils across Europe linking to the Homo sapiens species.
At an average height of the males being 5ft 1in, weighing about 143lbs which is considerably close to humans today. The female Neanderthal average height was 5ft 1in, weighting 119lbs. Humans and Neanderthals diverged from common ancestors 700,000 million years ago in which the two groups split 300,000 years ago. Many believed Neanderthal became outsmarted by another
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It gave great realization about Neanderthals giving great detail on characisitics and way of living among them. Throughout the movie I noticed they spent most of their time fighting to survive. All the other families died off from being infected, eaten by other species and catching an illness. In one scene the family was competing against other species over a bird egg. While seeking the food they’re being preyed upon by other animals. Once they received the egg they retrieved to a spot near their cave; which is consider home for them. When it was dads time to eat there was only a droplet left which he say it is okay I ate last week. Seeing all six family members sharing one egg pointed out how limited the food source was for the

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