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Article: THE NEANDERTHAL MURDER MYSTERY
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2008
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Why did Neanderthal man become extinct? Was it interbreeding with
humans? Or did our ancestors wipe them out? Steve Connor reports on
a fossil that may solve the puzzle
THE MYSTERY of what killed off the Neanderthals about 30,000
years ago comes a step closer to being solved with a study
suggesting that they formed a tiny population that had been
teetering on the brink of extinction.
Neanderthals first appeared in Europe at least 300,000 years ago
but they disappeared after the arrival of anatomically modern
humans, Homo sapiens, who first arrived in Europe 50,000 years ago.
This has led to speculation about whether the Neanderthals interbred
with the new arrivals to form a hybrid ...
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