An article published in the “Journal of Human Evolution” describes a new examination of the skeleton of one of the most famous Neanderthal men, known as La Ferrassie 1 because he was discovered on the French site of La Ferrassie in 1909. A team of researchers led by Dr. Asier Gomez-Olivencia of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) subjected the skeleton to exams that take advantage of new technologies and get new information on its species and on the physical problems of this man who lived some tens of thousands of years ago.