An ancient skull unlike any human ever seen is baffling scientists and could rewrite the story of our evolution

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A 3D scan of facial remains shows what we know of the skull uncovered in East Asia. This skull's top is reminiscent of modern humans, but its chin is more like an archaic human.
A computer generated image of the remains from the skull of HLD 6 (show in yellow).

Wu et al. PNAS 2019, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902396116

Some Neanderthals couldn't smell their own stink, suggests a new study recreating early humans' noses

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A blond child grimaces nose-to-nose with a wax sculpture of a Neanderthal leaning on a stick.
New research suggests Neanderthals couldn't smell some things quite as well as humans.

©Neanderthal Museum

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