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What do real-life scenarios from hundreds of years ago have in common with today’s popular fantasy television series, Game of Thrones? A lot, it seems, if we are to go by a recent study of Neanderthals.New research on skulls from 430,000-year-old remains found in Spain suggests that big jaws were the first prominent feature of pre-Neanderthals. Their large mandibles could gnash meat, open wide, and be used like a tool or a third hand, helping them adapt to their eating needs in a harsh, cold environment. These indicated that they were engaged in vicious fight for survival and power among disparate kingdoms and clans. “We think that a Game of Thrones scenario probably describes hominin evolution in Eurasia and Africa in the Middle Pleistocene period,” lead researcher Juan-Luis Arsuaga from the Complutense University of Madrid told reporters, referring to George R.R. Martin’s novels that became the basis for the TV series.
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