A History of Agriculture in India v1.c12.s6.2

v1.c12.s6.2

From these discoveries, it appears that the Neanderthal man lived in Europe, Africa and western Asia some 72,000 years ago. He was short, had a low receding forehead, protuberant brows, long arms and bent thighs; he walked with a stoop, and had a matted coat of hair. His brain-case was large, but the brain was poorly developed. The cranial capacity was between 1,350 and 1,700 cubic centimetres with the average at about 1,400 to 1,425 cubic centimetres. He must have been strong and well-built, about 1.55 to 1.65 metres tall. His lower limbs were shorter than those of the modern man and his thigh-bones were slightly arched. He hunted a variety of animals, including cave-bears and hairy mammoths, and cooked their meat on fire.