Neandertals Had Big Mouths, Gaped Widely

Friday, May 2, 2008 - 15:14 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Jaw and facial structures in the ancient human relatives shows that they could gape widely, although researchers are stumped as to why they had this ability.

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