Neanderthal life spans similar to modern humans
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 10:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Those who investigate Neanderthal remains have long known of a puzzling gap — elderly individuals are rare. Scientists have thus suggested that these prehistoric humans might have had an inherently shorter life expectancy than us modern humans, with our lineage ultimately outnumbering theirs, and so contributing to their demise.