View taken on July 8, 2010 of a Tautavel [Getty Images]

View taken on July 8, 2010 of a Tautavel Man skull presented at the prehistoric museum in Tautavel. The European Centre for Prehistoric Research was established in 1992 by French prehistorian Henry de Lumley and is located on the premises of the new museum of Tautavel, the European Prehistoric Centre. Henry de Lumley and his team are at the origin of the discovery of the Tautavel Man, an ancestor of Neanderthal Man, in the Caune de l'Arago cave. AFP PHOTO / ERIC CABANIS (Photo credit should read ERIC CABANIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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