Article: Neanderthals' big mouths allowed them to take extremely large bites

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Washington, May 4 -- A new research has determined that Neanderthals had big mouths that they were able to open unusually wide.

The study was carried out by Yoel Rak, a professor of anatomy at Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine, and William Hylander, an expert on jaw biomechanics at Duke University.

Neanderthals lived in parts of Europe and Asia for more than 400,000 years, then disappeared some 30,000 years ago.

According to a report in National Geographic News, the study found that a combination of facial structure, forward-positioned molars, and an unusually large gap between the vertical parts of the ...

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