Cold, dry climate shifts linked to Neanderthal disappearance
August 27, 2018 by Malcolm Ritter
In this 2013 photo provided by Bogdan Onac, researcher Vasile Ersek stands in the Ascunsa Cave in Romania. Scientists say ancient shifts in climate helped our species replace Neanderthals in Europe. Researchers used data from this cave and …more
Ancient periods of cold and dry climate helped our species replace Neanderthals in Europe, a study suggests.
Researchers found that such cold periods coincided with an apparent disappearance of our evolutionary cousins in different parts of the continent, followed by the appearance of our species, Homo sapiens.
"Whether they moved or died out, we can't tell," said Michael Staubwasser of the University of Cologne in Germany.
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