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Article: Neanderthals were the victors in head-to-head combat with mammoths
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- The Hindustan Times
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- September 10, 2008
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Washington, Sept. 10 -- New evidence has emerged that suggests Neanderthals engaged in head-to-head combat with wooly mammoths and conquered the massive beasts.
According to a report in Discovery News, the new evidence displays the strengths and weaknesses of Neanderthals, suggesting they were skilled hunters, though not as brainy and efficient as modern humans, who eventually took over Neanderthal territories.
Most notably among the new studies is what researchers say is the first ever direct evidence that a woolly mammoth was brought down by Neanderthal weapons.
Margherita Mussi and Paola Villa made the connection ...