A new book “The Naked Neanderthal” says humans were the main cause thanks to their superior weapons.
Compared to early humans, Neanderthals were muscular with a prominent brow and less pronounced chin.
Since humans were the final species to occupy the cave, Slimak argues it's because they'd replaced those Neanderthals by wiping them out.
Humans' superior weaponsScientists have found relatively few weapons belonging to Neanderthals , Slimak wrote.
Yet genes can't tell us much about the nature of these interactions or how closely or amicably humans and Neanderthals lived.
Persons:
Ludovic Slimak, —, April Nowell, sapien, “, ”, Slimak, Bill O'Leary, sapiens, they'd, Chemnitz State Museum of Archaeology Hendrik Schmidt, Nowell, haven't, Nikola Solic, ” Nowell, Sapiens
Organizations:
Service, University of Victoria, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, Getty, Chemnitz State Museum of Archaeology, Reuters
Locations:
Europe, East, Central Asia, Southern Siberia, Southern France, Chemnitz, France, Spain, Krapina, Croatia