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Social networks of Homo Sapiens may have caused Neanderthal extinction

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New Delhi: Scientists do not exactly understand why the Neanderthals went extinct while Homo sapiens established a lasting presence in Europe. The answer is likely to be a complex one, involving multiple factors, but new innovative research inspired by digital ecology is providing fresh insights. A team of scientists adapted models typically used to study the distribution of animal and plant species to prehistoric humans, incorporating the avail…
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Why has Homo sapiens survived where the Neandertalians have disappeared? The question haunts paleoanthropology for more than a century. The answers have evolved over the course of the discoveries: the image of the primitive and brutal cousin has long since given way to that of a much more complex being. A new study published in Quaternary ... Read more The article Homo sapiens vis-à-vis the Neandertalians: social connectivity as a decisive advan…

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NEWS9 LIVE broke the news on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
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