Science and Nature Quiz for 14 August 2019
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Question 1: Why were the fossilised remains of an extinct race, discovered in 1856, called "Neanderthal man"?
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B
They were named after a cat that frequently visited the dig
They were found by Heinrich Neandertàl
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Carbon dating proved they came from the Neanderthal period
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They were found in the Neander Valley