The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler.

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Welcome to the History of the World Podcast magazine. Oh, you know. Hello everyone.

welcome to the History of the World Podcast magazine with me Chris Hasler and the last history of the World Podcast magazine

was on Christmas Day and if you remember we were talking about human ancestors but we started the story and never quite finished it off.

This week we're going to pick up that story again, so when we was discussing it last time we were talking about the human ancestors that were not of the homogenous

and the first human ancestors that were of the homogenous. We got as far as

Homo Hidalbergenses. Now many scientists suggest that Homo Heidelbergensis is the most recent common ancestor of us,

us the modern human Homo sapiens and Neanderthals or what we may call

Homo neandertalesis.

From the fossil records we can determine that Homo Neander Tallenses was all of the following.

Large skulls with brain cases holding a brain almost as big as a modern human. The top of the head sat more deep

than the high brain cases of modern humans and there was a significant brow ridge cross the top of the eyes.

Large teeth much more reminiscent of hominine species of the past

and no prominence of the chin. Powerful and stocky bodies a little shorter in height

than the average modern human being, barrel-chested and large hands and feet.

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