One Hominin Not Ancestral to Modern Humans Modern humans are categorized as Hominin, but Homo Neanderthalensis is a hominin species that is not ancestral to modern humans. Neanderthals have distinctive structures and features differ from modern humans. For instance; slightly larger brain than modern human, mid-facial area and jaw are protruded that look like Homo erectus or Homo sapiens, small teeth, and their short, stocky bodies with thick and heavy bones that most would have been too extraordinary than modern standard humans. Scientist justified their reasoning through molecular analysis that clearly differentiate Neanderthals not ancestral to modern humans and subspecies of Homo sapiens. Molecular evidence suggest that the first sign
