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The average height in the year 1900 was 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) and 152.7 cm (5 ft 0 in), respectively. [38] For Neanderthal weight, a sample of 26 specimens found an average of 77.6 kg (171 lb) for males and 66.4 kg (146 lb) for females. [39]
Neanderthals were short and stocky. Average male body mass index would have been 26.9–28.2 (overweight) using a size of 164 to 168 cm (5 ft 5 in to 5 ft 6 in) and 76 kg (168 lb). [70] [71] The Neanderthal chest was deep and wide, with a proportionally expansive thoracic cavity, and possibly stronger lung performance.
Xuchang 1 had a large brain volume of approximately 1800 cc, on the high end for Neanderthals and early modern humans, and well beyond the present-day human average. [ 49 ] The Denisovan genome from Denisova Cave has variants of genes which, in modern humans, are associated with dark skin, brown hair, and brown eyes. [ 50 ]
Slimak determined that this particular Neanderthal lived 42,000 years ago, towards the end of that species’ time on this planet. As such, he named the Neanderthal Thorin after the Tolkien character.
Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) reached 77.6 kg (171 lb) and 66.4 kg (146 lb) in average weight for males and females, respectively, larger than the parameters of modern humans (Homo sapiens) (68.5 kg (151 lb) and 59.2 kg (131 lb) for males and females, respectively). [225]
A Neanderthal was buried 75,000 years ago, and experts painstakingly pieced together what she looked like. The striking recreation is featured in a new Netflix documentary, “Secrets of the ...
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With an estimated height of 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in), it is considerably taller than any other known Neanderthal, [1] and its skull has by far the largest cranial capacity (1736 [2]-1740 [3] cm 3) of any human skull in the fossil record. According to Ralph Holloway, this makes it one of the most famous Neanderthal specimens. [4]