Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

3D virtual reconstruction of the Kebara 2 Neandertal thorax

  • Asier Gómez-Olivencia,
  • Alon Barash,
  • Daniel García-Martínez,
  • Mikel Arlegi,
  • Patricia Kramer,
  • Markus Bastir,
  • Ella Been

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06803-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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How different Neandertal morphology was from that of modern humans has been a subject of long debate. Here, the authors develop a 3D virtual reconstruction of the thorax of an adult male Neandertal, showing similar size to modern humans, yet with greater respiratory capacity due to its different shape.