Study: Did Modern Humans Actively Kill Neanderthals?

Is the human race guilty of the annihilation of our closest prehistoric relative? A new study—based on a new dating technique for fossils—suggests that the Neanderthals disappeared almost immediately on contact with modern humans in Eastern Europe 44,000 years ago. PHOTOS: Darwin’s 200th Birthday And scientists don’t know why. Perhaps we took over the species’

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Study: Did Modern Humans Actively Kill Neanderthals?

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