Stand face to face with a Neanderthal, and they’d be recognisable as a kind of human, but decidedly unconventional. Somewhat shorter than average, with broader chests and wider waists, their limb proportions were also slightly different. Beneath massively muscled thighs were thicker, rounder and slightly curved leg bones; nonetheless, unlike countless inaccurate reconstructions, they absolutely walked as upright as us.
