Who did King suggest the bones belonged to, instead of Homo sapiens?
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo heidelbergensis
Answer
King suggested that the bones belonged to Homo neanderthalensis, a type of ancient human that was thought to have gone extinct around 40,000 years ago. He argued that the bones were too large and robust to be from a modern human, and that they had features that were similar to those of Neanderthals.
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