1.   That proposition gained currency in Britain but met skepticism in Europe, where anthropologists were finding enough Neanderthal fossils to dispute the Piltdown claim.

2.   The scientists are avidly searching for other Neanderthal fossils among hundreds discovered so far that may contain enough undegraded DNA to repeat the analysis.

3.   He said late Neanderthal fossils seem to be evolving toward modern humans in some ways, as they develop chins and lose their low, sloping foreheads.

4.   He said late Neanderthal fossils suggest that they were evolving toward modern humans in some ways, developing chins and losing their low, sloping foreheads.