Heiderberg Man Was Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Neanderthals

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

A Consensus is building that Homo heidelbergensis, “Heidelberg Man,” was the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and our species.Anthropologists believe Heidelberg Man was tall and had a strong jaw holding small teeth.The evolutionary split between Neanderthals and modern humans may have occurred around 400,000 years ago.

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I am Rashid Aziz Faridi ,Writer, Teacher and a Voracious Reader.
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