Module 3, Lesson 5: Neanderthal
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Module 3, Lesson 5: Neanderthal: The Stereotype, The Reality Student Handout #20: Fossil Evidence of Neanderthals NAME: ______________________________ PERIOD: ________ DATE: _______________ Directions: For each piece of fossil evidence about Neanderthals, provide a corresponding conclusion about their lives. Read P. 199-201 EXAMPLE: Lived in caves Weather conditions required shelter 1. Bones of elk, bears, oxlike animals found near Neanderthal habitation _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 2. Few skeletal remains of individuals over forty years old _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 3. Head injuries _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 4. Layers of ash in caves _____________________________________________________________________ _____ 5. Axes conforming to hand shape _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 6. Locations with hundreds of animal bones and tools _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 7. Brains larger than our own _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 8. Broad noses _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 9. Lived during periods of glaciation _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 10. Buried dead _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 11. Found in Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 12. Front teeth excessively worn _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 13. Knives, scrapers, points, blades _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 14. Bear claws in caves near hearth sites _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 15. Serious injuries to eyes, head, leg bones, arm bones with breaks or wounds that healed _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 16. Stocky build with massive bones _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 17. Cut marks on skulls _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 18. Burial sites with scattered pollen _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 19. Large leg bones broken open _____________________________________________________________________ ______ 20. Hyoid bone (bone at back of mouth, which attaches to voice box) _____________________________________________________________________ ______
