Although closely related to modern humans, Neanderthals were a distinct kind of prehistoric man.
Neanderthals are believed to have existed in parts of Europe and Central Asia between 600,000 and 40,000 years ago.
Unfortunately for the Neanderthals and a handful of other hominins, such as the Denisovans or Homo Floresiensis, it was Homo Sapiens who won the evolutionary race.
But there is a growing body of evidence showing that modern humans mixed and interbred with their close relatives.
According to new research published today in the Journal of Human Evolution, Jersey teeth lack certain features typical of Neanderthals, while being somewhat similar in shape to the teeth of modern humans.