Although closely related to modern man, the Neanderthal was a separate species of prehistoric human.
Neanderthals are believed to have existed between 600,000 and 40,000 years ago in parts of Europe and Central Asia.
Unfortunately for the Neanderthal and a handful of other hominines, such as Denisovans or Homo Floresiensis, it was Homo Sapiens who won the evolutionary race.
But there is a growing body of evidence to show that modern humans mingled and crossed with their close relatives.
According to the new research published today in the Journal of Human Evolution, Jersey teeth do not have certain characteristics typical of Neanderthals, although they somewhat resemble the teeth of modern humans.