Neanderthals More Adaptable Than Believed

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 11:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Did Neanderthals develop `modern' tools and ornaments solely through contact with Homo sapiens, or could they adapt, innovate and evolve technology on their own?   A new anthropology study challenges a half-century of conventional wisdom that Neanderthals were primitive `cavemen' overrun and out-competed by modern humans arriving in Europe from Africa. read more

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