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  • August 2008
    • They Weren't Such 'Neanderthals'

      They Weren't Such 'Neanderthals'

      (Newser) - Neanderthals were just as smart as their stone-age rivals, the latest research into the roots of mankind concludes . Scientific teams who learned how to make and use Neanderthal tools found their technology just as efficient as that used by Homo sapiens, reports the Independent . The study runs counter to theories that inferior intellect and technology caused Neanderthals' extinction some 10,000 years after Homo sapiens came on the scene. More »

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      extinction   Neanderthals   Southern Methodist University   homo sapiens   Exeter University

  • November 2007
    • Female Hunters May Have Doomed Neanderthals

      Female Hunters May Have Doomed Neanderthals

      (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 topped 10,000 against giant beasts, reports the Boston Globe , "could bring doom to a hard-pressed species." More »

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      feminism   human evolution   Neanderthals   homo sapiens

  • August 2007

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