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Female Hunters May Have Doomed Neanderthals

Study says feminist practices put the 'reproductive core' in harm's way

By Ryan Riley, Newser User

Posted Nov 11, 2007 11:11 AM CST

(Newser) – "Stone Age feminism" may have contributed to the Neanderthals' extinction, says a recent study, which uses archaeological evidence to argue that Neanderthal females hunted—and were "stomped, gored, and worse"—alongside males. Pitting the "reproductive core" of a population that never... Read full story »

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