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What Happened to the Neanderthals?

33 points • by Hooke • last Monday at 7:47 PM • 28 comments • view on HN

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rao-v • today at 7:49 AM

These findings always seem to be suggesting that we more or less warred (fought, disputed territory ranges - pick your euphemism) upon them opportunistically over centuries and didn’t lose.

E.g. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1376-z.epdf

F7F7F7 • yesterday at 1:33 AM

Pluto and the modern day understanding of Neanderthals are probably Top 5 learning corrections in my lifetime.

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tonis2 • today at 7:34 AM

They live in Netherlands now

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cekanoni • today at 8:14 AM

I've read what happen to Nederlands ...

rramadass • yesterday at 3:59 AM

One thing that i think should be considered in human archaeology is the narratives/stories/myths from different cultures featuring "different sorts of people". Many were handed down orally from the misty past before being written down and hence may contain some truths to them.

We are often quick to dismiss them as mere fanciful story-telling of primitive cultures but i am not so sure.

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Mistletoe • today at 6:11 AM

Can anyone summarize for us troglodytes without NY Times subscriptions?

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measurablefunc • today at 7:04 AM

Wiped out by a more violent variant.

inSumErgoCogito • today at 8:28 AM

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