While excavating a cave in Spain, you stumble across a skeleton that looks to be human. Upon closer examination, you find that the bones are disproportionately short and thick, and the skull has massive brow ridges. Carefully arranged around the skeleton are a variety of stone tools. You have most likely found the remains of a(n)

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The description of the skeleton with disproportionately short and thick bones, massive brow ridges, and the presence of stone tools is characteristic of Neandertals, a group of archaic humans who lived in Europe and parts of Asia until about 40,000 years ago.

While Excavating a Cave in Spain, You Stumble Across a Skeleton