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In the early 20th century, Marcellin Boule's reconstruction of the La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neandertal skeleton led many scientists to believe that these hominins were almost indistinguishable from modern humans.

A) True
B) False

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Answer:

B) False

Step-by-step explanation:

He studied and publish an analysis about the Neanderthal specimen. In his study, he characterized the Neanderthals as hairy gorilla-like figures with opposable toes, according to a skeleton which was already distorted with arthritis, with no relation with modern humans.

So this affirmation is False.

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