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Managing Editor, NGM.com Rob Covey <![CDATA[Producer]]> Paul Heltzel <![CDATA[Writer & Researcher]]> Jamie Bussey Flash Developer Stefan Estrada Styling Kitry Krause Story Editor Jamie Shreeve Photo Editor Gail Fisher Researcher Marisa Larson /2008/10/neanderthals/img/neanderthal-inside-470.jpg Since summers would have been warm even during glacial periods, Neanderthals probably would have gone naked to shed heat from their stocky bodies. Reconstruction by Kennis & Kennis / Photograph by Joe McNally /2008/10/neanderthals/img/scientist-470.jpg Photograph by David Liittschwager, with permission of the Government of the Principality of Asturias /2008/10/neanderthals/img/flint-470.jpg Modern humans brought lighter, more specialized tools to Europe—including narrow flint blades that could have been hafted to a throwing spear, making hunting more efficient and less dangerous. Photograph by David Liittschwager /2008/10/neanderthals/img/model-outside-470.jpg Reconstruction by Kennis & Kennis / Photograph by Joe McNally, with permission of the National Park of Europe's Mountain Peaks /2008/10/neanderthals/img/neanderthal-profile-470.jpg Reconstruction by Kennis & Kennis / Photograph by Joe McNally /2008/10/neanderthals/img/neanderthal-human-470.jpg Reconstruction by Kennis & Kennis / Photograph by Joe McNally /2008/10/neanderthals/img/skull-cap-470.jpg The specimen known as the Feldhofer find is the original "Neanderthal man." Photograph by David Liittschwager, photographed at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn /2008/10/neanderthals/img/human-skull-470.jpg The skull of a modern human. Photograph by David Liittschwager, photographed at the Natural History Museum, London 7 Excellent work. You are a Neanderthal expert. With a little work, you will be a pro on Neanderthals. You are off to a good start. You may want to try again. 0 5,000 15,000 60,000 100,000 2 1 Russia China Greece Iraq 1 2 500 800 2,000 5,000 4 3 The lack of a chin Short limbs Large lungs Long, low skulls 2 4 MC1R, indicating that at least some of them had which of the following colorings? ]]> Brown hair and dark skin Blond hair and blue eyes Red hair and pale skin Red hair and green eyes 3 MC1R, indicating that some Neanderthals would have had red hair, pale skin, and possibly freckles. Having pale skin may have made it easier for Neanderthals living in colder climates to absorb more sunlight and thereby manufacture more vitamin D.]]> 5 They occupied the same regions at the same time. They didn't interbreed. Neanderthals had larger brains than the humans. Neanderthals and the humans were both capable of speech. 2 6 In 1732 in Great Britain In 1856 in Germany In 1912 in Iraq In 1992 in the Strait of Gibraltar 2 7 40,000 75,000 100,000 700,000 4