Despite Deafness, Missing Forearm and Limp, This Neanderthal Lived into His Forties

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Despite Deafness, Missing Forearm and Limp, This Neanderthal Lived into His Forties
Oct 24, 2017 by News Staff / Source


An older adult male Neanderthal from the Late Pleistocene, who had suffered multiple injuries, became deaf and must have relied on social support from his relatives and friends to avoid prey, according to new research.

http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/paleoanthropology/shanidar-1-neanderthal-05355.html