(Technically, their name is pronounced the French way, “cro man-YON.”) Populations of Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon people overlapped in Europe for a few thousand years. They did interbreed ...

When they come face-to-face with the Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon men, people have as close as they can get to a real encounter,' he says, adding, 'Their faces are really alive.' Early modern humans ...

They were generally taller than Neanderthals (in some ... the first rock shelter suggested these humans endured harsh environmental conditions. Cro-Magnon 1, the skull of an adult man found ...

The Neanderthal skull and jawbone (above, at left) belong to the so-called "Old Man" of La Chapelle-aux ... at right) come from Cro-Magnon I, one of several individuals whose remains turned ...

But they finally became extinct - about 28,000 years ago - because Cro-Magnon Man was more socially advanced and able to develop communities and a language. In the end, Neanderthals were outwitted ...

Because many Neanderthal fossils and artefacts have been found in caves, the species became synonymous with the idea of cavemen. But many early modern humans also lived in caves - some of the most ...

Images on the left show a Neanderthal skull (La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France) and a Mousterian tool recovered at Bajondillo Cave. On the right the images show a Modern Human skull (Abri-Cro-Magnon ...

Note that the Neanderthal is painted plaster of paris, with the maroon spots indicating pieces missing from the original. The Cro Magnon skull is molded fiberglass. When you view the casts head-on ...