To discuss: Modern human variation is influenced by environmental factors such as climate, latitude and altitude. The cranial and post cranial features of Neanderthal skeletons are adaptions due to cold climate.
Introduction:
The earliest discoveries of the hominine fossils are found in G country in 1856. The physical anthropologists have discovered great information regarding evolutionary past events. The fossil discoveries such as the application of new technological in genetic research assisted to clarify the relationship between modern humans and their evolutionary cousins. These results have helped to evaluate the most likely scenario for origin and concurrent global dispersal of own species.
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Essentials of Physical Anthropology (Third Edition)
- Essentials of Physical Anthropology (Third Editio...AnthropologyISBN:9780393938661Author:Clark Spencer LarsenPublisher:W. W. Norton & Company