This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Homo #neanderthalensis aka #Neanderthal
In 1829, Philippe-Charles Schmerling, found a partial skull in the Grottes d'Engis, Belgium. He thought it was a "poorly developed" human
In 1856, schoolteacher Johann Carl Fuhlrott recognised bones from Kleine Feldhofer Grotte in Neander Valley as distinct from humans. They were given to anthropologist Hermann Schaaffhausen to study
In 1863, "Neanderthal Man" was proposed as a new species. This was formalised in 1864
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