81.   As adults, the Atapuerca hominids had smaller brains than modern humans relative to body mass, adding to the brawn-over-brain theory.

82.   Based on the research, Jin said it appears that modern humans first moved from central Asia, following the Indian Ocean coastline across India, to southeast Asia.

83.   But he said there is no widely accepted evidence that the primitive hominids and modern humans actually mated and produced children.

84.   Deka said the results of the study weakens an alternate theory that modern human arose independently on different continents at about the same time.

85.   Foot size, he said, appears to be much like that of modern humans.

86.   For part of that time, Neanderthal may have shared the continent with modern humans.

87.   He said it supports the theory advanced by some experts that Neanderthals and modern humans mated, producing children that shared genes of the two species.

88.   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.

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

90.   Homo erectus was similar to modern humans, but had a flat skull, a sloping forehead and a dental bridge that thrust forward.