Two of these extinct beings—Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon people—are pretty close to us, evolutionarily speaking. But they’re not the same species. Here’s how to tell the difference.

The models are based on the very best scientific evidence we could put together. 'When they come face-to-face with the Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon men, people have as close as they can get to a real ...

The early modern skull and jawbone (above, at right) come from Cro-Magnon I, one of several individuals whose remains turned up in a rockshelter in the Dordogne in 1868. The Neanderthal is 47,000 ...

But they finally became extinct - about 28,000 years ago - because Cro-Magnon Man was more socially advanced and able to develop communities and a language. In the end, Neanderthals were outwitted ...

Strong, intelligent and eminently adaptable, Neanderthals lived short but satisfying lives until they were ultimately wiped out by the arrival of Cro-Magnon man. Fascinating and at times very ...

Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon men made needles from bones (Pinkstone 1974). Beads found in India date to 23,000 BCE (Jyetsna 1981). Bead making (shaping) with chert bits was well developed by the early ...

If you look at CT scans, says Stringer, you can also see that human ear bones are shaped differently compared to Neanderthals. Cro-Magnon is a term that was used earlier on because these were some ...

Note that the Neanderthal is painted plaster of paris, with the maroon spots indicating pieces missing from the original. The Cro Magnon skull is molded fiberglass. When you view the casts head-on ...