Skhul 5 was a burial with the mandible of a wild boar on the chest. The skull displays prominent supraorbital ridges and jutting jaw, but the rounded braincase of modern humans. When found, it was assumed to be an advanced Neanderthal, but is today generally assumed to be a modern human, if a very robust one.
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- The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program. Can be read here.