Module 3, Lesson 5: Neanderthal: The Stereotype, The Reality
Student Handout #20: Fossil Evidence of Neanderthals
NAME: ______________________________ PERIOD: ________ DATE:
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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
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2. Few skeletal remains of individuals over forty years old
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3. Head injuries
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4. Layers of ash in caves
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5. Axes conforming to hand shape
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6. Locations with hundreds of animal bones and tools
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7. Brains larger than our own
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8. Broad noses
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9. Lived during periods of glaciation
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10. Buried dead
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11. Found in Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia
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12. Front teeth excessively worn
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13. Knives, scrapers, points, blades
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14. Bear claws in caves near hearth sites
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15. Serious injuries to eyes, head, leg bones, arm bones with breaks or wounds that
healed
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16. Stocky build with massive bones
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17. Cut marks on skulls
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18. Burial sites with scattered pollen
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19. Large leg bones broken open
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20. Hyoid bone (bone at back of mouth, which attaches to voice box)
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