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Anthropology

TreasonousBastard

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1. Not surprised, considering the tendency of modern humans...

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 01:57 PM

Jul 2012

to dispose of anyone, or anything, in the way of settlement.

Considering that most life forms engage in territorial wars of some sort, I wouldn't be surprised if the Neanderthals initiated the battles when they saw the moderns coming, but just weren't good enough at it.

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Did Modern Humans—Not Environmental Catastrophe—Extinguish the Neandertals? [View all] xchrom Jul 2012 OP

Not surprised, considering the tendency of modern humans... TreasonousBastard Jul 2012 #1

It could have been as simple as diseases Yo_Mama Aug 2012 #3

Probably each and every scenario played out somewhere... ohgeewhiz Jul 2012 #2