Climate Change Likely Iced Neanderthals Out Of Existence
Climate records gathered from stalagmites in Romanian caves show two extremely cold dry periods correspond with the disappearance of Neanderthals.
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Yeah, another interesting piece in the puzzle for sure. We may never know with certainty why our cousins like the Neanderthal, Denisovans, and the still mystery hominid died out. Probably a combination of things.
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They still live on in us!
Although quite diluted, the Neanderthal and Denisovan residuals are still among us, or at least some of us. In fact, other than Blacks out of Africa, everyone else, including redheads, has a smidge of Neanderthal. Then there a a very few of us with residual Denisovan. [en.wikipedia.org]
Not a surprising piece. I think this has been discussed before. I still like how the Smithsonian writes though, I used to love their magazine, but they drifted away from the articles that were the "Latest" in science news. Same with National Geographic.
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