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New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

The findings shift the cause toward population forces over brain power.

DNA From Polish Cave Reconstructs 100,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Community

Elephant Tooth Isotopes Tie Neanderthal Hunting to Long-Range Prey at Neumark-Nord

Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

Study Finds Selective Exocannibalism of Non-Local Neanderthals at Belgium’s Goyet Caves

Neanderthal Ochre ‘Crayons’ Identified in Crimea Study

Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

Forensic Police Authenticate 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint in Spain

Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint