Neanderthal demise due to many influences, including cultural changes
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 01:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Although many anthropologists believe that modern humans ancestors "wiped out" Neanderthals, it's more likely that Neanderthals were integrated into the human gene pool thousands of years ago during the Upper Pleistocene era as cultural and climatic forces brought the two groups together.