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Contramuffin@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoIs there any evidence that Neanderthals were less intelligent than humans at their peak? I was under the impression that recent research has basically completely nullified the idea that Neanderthals were less intelligent, and the current belief is that they’re just as intelligent as humans. Is there newer research that I’m not aware of that contrasts this line of thinking?
Viceversa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why they extinct?
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My understanding was that they went extinct because they needed more calories to stay alive (due to their strength) and also they stayed together in smaller groups of ~10-20 people, compared to humans’ ~100 people groups.
When Neanderthals came into contact with humans, they were either absorbed into or outcompeted by human groups
P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It also seems they lacked the dexterity of humans. So they had to hunt with spears by stabbing at them instead of throwing them from a safer distance.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Are they extinct? Many people have a fairly significant amount of neanderthal DNA.
Viceversa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If they wouldn’t be extinct, we would have neanderthal DNA with a fairly significant amount of other DNA.