 He was in bad health, having lost most of his teeth and suffering from resorption of bone in the mandible and advanced arthritis.It is the most convincing example of a possible Neanderthal deliberate burial, but like all claimed Neanderthal burials, this isn't generally accepted.The remains were first studied by Marcellin Boule, whose reconstruction of Neanderthal anatomy based on la Chapelle-aux-Saints material shaped popular perceptions of the Neanderthals for over thirty years.