Fall of the Neanderthals: Volume of modern humans infiltrating Europe cited as critical factor
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 02:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New research sheds light on why, after 300,000 years of domination, European Neanderthals abruptly disappeared. Researchers have discovered that modern humans coming from Africa swarmed the region, arriving with over ten times the population as the Neanderthal inhabitants.