Two of these extinct beings—Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon people—are pretty close to us, evolutionarily speaking. But they’re not the same species. Here’s how to tell the difference.

Our Belgian Neanderthal is in his twenties and stands 155cm tall The other gentleman in the gallery is a model of an early modern human living around 30,000 years ago, referred to by some scientists ...

Long ago, in what is now northwestern Europe, a Neanderthal Romeo and Cro-Magnon Juliet may have met, fallen in love, and had children--or not. Debate rages as to whether human ancestors migrating out ...

The early modern skull and jawbone (above, at right) come from Cro-Magnon I, one of several individuals whose remains turned up in a rockshelter in the Dordogne in 1868. The Neanderthal is 47,000 ...

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 ...