Although closely related to the modern-day man, the Neanderthal was a separate species of prehistoric human.
Neanderthals are believed to have existed between 600,000 and 40,000 years ago across parts of Europe and Central Asia.
Unfortunately for the Neanderthal and a handful of other hominins, such as the Denisovans or Homo Floresiensis, it was Homo Sapiens that won the evolutionary race.
But there is a growing body of evidence to show modern humans mingled and interbred with their close relatives.
According to the new research published today in the Journal of Human Evolution, the Jersey teeth lack certain characteristics typical of Neanderthals while somewhat resembling in shape the teeth of modern humans.