US EditionHow the Neanderthals Disappeared: A New and Controversial Theory
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How the Neanderthals Disappeared: A New and Controversial Theory
A fresh — and quite radical — theory has reignited the long-running scientific debate over what led to the disappearance of the Neanderthals. Agnit Mukhopadhyay, a physicist at the University of Michigan, suggests that the end of the Neanderthals may have been triggered by a dramatic geomagnetic event about 41,000 years ago, which exposed Earth to intense cosmic and ultraviolet radiation.Mukhopadhyay’s hypothesis, recently published in Science A…
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