How did the neanderthals differ physically from modern humans?

Answer 1

There are a number of differences between Neanderthal and modern human anatomy:

Neanderthal:

• long, low cranium (braincase) and double-arched browridge
• wide, funnel-shaped chest
• wide pelvis
• thick fingers and toes

Modern human:

• tall, rounded cranium and small, divided browridge
• cylindrical, barrel-shaped chest
• narrow pelvis
• narrow fingers and toes

These differences are probably related to the ice-age conditions in which the Neanderthals lived.

See:

http://amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/humanorigins/history/neanderthals.php

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00011272-3CDE-1C75-9B81809EC588EF21

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/neanderthal_prog_summary.shtml

Answer 2

Neanderthals had a more robust build with shorter limbs, a larger braincase, and distinctive facial features such as a larger nose and brow ridges compared to modern humans. They also had a different morphology in terms of their teeth and skeletal structure.

Answer 3

They had no chins. Their faces, from their eyebrows to their mouth, were vertically longer. Modern human have faces( from the eyebrows down) that have descended and retracted back, and our foreheads have extended forward. that's why only humans have faces that are beneath their skulls.

Also, from the side,the human skull is more soccer ball shaped, while the neanderthal one was more like a football.

source:

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/03.07/01-skulls.html

Answer 4

Shorter, stockier, bigger muscles, expanded ribcage with larger lungs.

Answer 5

Physically, Neanderthals had a larger body mass, bigger muscles, an expanded ribcage that housed larger lungs, a weak chin and a prominent brow ridge.

Answer 6

Physically, Neanderthals had a larger body mass, bigger muscles, an expanded ribcage that housed larger lungs, a weak chin and a prominent brow ridge.

Answer 7

they had a bigger jaw and a more pronounced brow rigde (the neanderthals)

Answer 8

Shorter and stockier. Weak chin, prominent brow ridge, pale skin, probably red hair and they were hella ugly bruh

Answer 9

Less than one percent.

Answer 10

Neanderthals were hominids.