Skhūl: a 140,000-year-old child, a sapiens and Neanderthal hybrid?
Re-examined by CT scan, the skull of a child buried around 140,000 years ago in Skhūl Cave, on Mount Carmel, reveals a puzzling anatomy: a …
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Re-examined by CT scan, the skull of a child buried around 140,000 years ago in Skhūl Cave, on Mount Carmel, reveals a puzzling anatomy: a …
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