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Anthropologists built a “Frankenstein” Neanderthal skeleton, the first and only full-body reconstruction of the species.
Sawyer, an anthropologist at the American Natural History Museum in New York, and his colleague Blaine Maley of Washington University, pieced together the skeleton using bones mostly from an individual known as La Ferrassie 1 discovered in france in 1908.
Le Ferrassie 1 is about 70,000 years old and was missing some parts which were borrowed from another skeleton named Kebara 2, which is about 60,000 years old. The Results were surprising, as the skeleton was pieced together it revealed “dwarfy-like beings” with a wider rib cage and very compact bodies.
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Sawyer, an anthropologist at the American Natural History Museum in New York, and his colleague Blaine Maley of Washington University, pieced together the skeleton using bones mostly from an individual known as La Ferrassie 1 discovered in france in 1908.
Le Ferrassie 1 is about 70,000 years old and was missing some parts which were borrowed from another skeleton named Kebara 2, which is about 60,000 years old. The Results were surprising, as the skeleton was pieced together it revealed “dwarfy-like beings” with a wider rib cage and very compact bodies.
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Upper: Lateral view of the permanent teethLower: Lateral view of the deciduous teeth [also known as milk teeth or baby teeth]
The permanent teeth consist of 32 teeth of four different types. There are 16 teeth on each jaw, and each jaw has 4 incisors, 2 canines, 4 premolars, and 6 molars (this includes the wisdom teeth, which are shown here)
The smaller mouth of the child only accommodates 20 teeth of three different types. There are 10 teeth on each jaw, and each jaw has 4 incisors, 2 canines, and 4 primary molars.
Atlas and Text-Book of Dentistry. Gustav Preiswerk, translated by George W. Warren, 1906](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxi0j2gRiN1qk931ho1_500.jpg)
