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Expert: - 6/18/2010


Question

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Can you give me any insite on these remains. If you would like to see more pic, please email me at  

Answer
Dear Dennie
This does not look like a neandertal fossil to me, but you would be better off showing it to a physical anthropologist or a physician.
IMPORTANT:  Have you shown this to local police?  This is the first step whenever one finds human skeletal remains, so that the authorities can rule out recent homicide.
Sincerely,
John Shea

John Shea

Expertise

Questions about Old World prehistoric archaeology (especially Stone Age) of Europe, Africa, and Western Asia, prehistoric human and hominid behavior, primitive technology, origin of modern humans, extinction of the Neandertals.

Experience

>20 years as a professional anthropologist based at a research university.

Publications
Journal of Field Archaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science, Lithic Technology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Current Anthropology, Mitekufat HaEven (Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society), Paléorient, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, American Anthropologist, Geoarchaeology.

Education/Credentials
Ph.D (Anthropology) Harvard University, 1991.
BA (Archaeology) Boston University, 1982.

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