Skulls with Mix of Traits Illuminate Human Evolution (1 of 18) (IMAGE)

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Skulls with Mix of Traits Illuminate Human Evolution (1 of 18)

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Skull 17 from the Sima de los Huesos site in Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 20 June, 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Juan-Luis Arsuaga at Centro Mixto UCM-ISCIII de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos in Madrid, Spain, and colleagues was titled, 'Neandertal roots: Cranial and chronological evidence from Sima de los Huesos.'

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[Image © Javier Trueba / Madrid Scientific Films]

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