neanderthal-anatomy

The protagonist exhibits classic Neanderthal physical traits such as a pronounced supraorbital ridge and a long skull, which are confirmed by x-rays.

1 chapter across 1 book

Hominids (2002)Robert J. Sawyer

Chapter 14

In this chapter, Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist, mysteriously disappears while working in a quantum-computing facility and is found unconscious after an apparent drowning incident in heavy water. At the hospital, medical professionals are stunned to discover that his anatomy is distinctly Neanderthal, highlighting the novel's central premise of parallel hominid species coexisting and interacting.