Ancient Chinese Skull Has Neandertal-like Inner Ear

A closer look based on micro-CT scans at a 100,000-year-old human temporal bone,a part of a skull that was recovered 35 years ago in China revealed that it had an inner ear formation that was thought only to have occurred in Neanderthals.In comparison,none of the three other archaic human skulls analyzed from different parts of China had this type of inner ear.An international research group led by Professor WU Xiujie from

A closer look based on micro-CT scans at a 100,000-year-old human temporal bone,a part of a skull that was recovered 35 years ago in China revealed that it had an inner ear formation that was thought only to have occurred in Neanderthals.In comparison,none of the three other archaic human skulls analyzed from different parts of China had this type of inner ear.