Human fossils illustrating the variation in brain (skulls) and body size (thigh bones) during the Pleistocene. (IMAGE)

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Human fossils illustrating the variation in brain (skulls) and body size (thigh bones) during the Pleistocene.

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Skulls: - Left: Amud 1, Neanderthal, 55.000 years ago, ~1750 cm³ - Middle: Cro Magnon, Homo sapiens, 32.000 years ago, ~1570 cm³ - Right: Atapuerca 5, Middle Pleistocene Homo, 430.000 years ago, ~1100 cm³ Femora: - Top: Middle Pleistocene Homo, Trinil, 540.000 years ago, ~50 kg - Bottom: Neanderthal, La Ferrassie 1, 44.000 years ago, ~90 kg

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Manuel Will

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