The Dinosaur Dave<p>This weeks <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> is <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Homo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homo</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/neanderthalensis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neanderthalensis</span></a> aka <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthal</span></a> </p><p>In 1829, Philippe-Charles Schmerling, found a partial skull in the Grottes d'Engis, Belgium. He thought it was a "poorly developed" human</p><p>In 1856, schoolteacher Johann Carl Fuhlrott recognised bones from Kleine Feldhofer Grotte in Neander Valley as distinct from humans. They were given to anthropologist Hermann Schaaffhausen to study</p><p>In 1863, "Neanderthal Man" was proposed as a new species. This was formalised in 1864</p>