Average height of early male humans?

[Gold Barz]

Average height of male neanderthals were 5'6-5'7, what was the average height of early male humans (us)?

 

[hypatia]

Actually about the same size..we even had the same size brain

 

[Gold Barz]

But theirs was bigger right

 

[hypatia]

Well the mass was about the same, just proportioned differently. The area for memory was much greater then ours. Where ours is better suited for problem solving.

 

[nipwoni]

Neandertals were shorter than our ancestors, but they were also heavier since they were a lot more muscular. Their brains' mass was actually larger than ours, even compared to their body size. You're right that it was partitioned differently.