Smithsonian paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner gives us a closer look into what may have caused Neanderthals to disappear. (Photo by John Gibbons). Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) were widespread across Europe and Western Asia for a long time, starting about 400,000 years ago. read more
The results reveal that Neanderthals disappeared from the European continent at various times depending on the region. The findings also provide evidence that Neanderthals and early modern humans coexisted for about 2,600 to 5,400 years. read more
Neanderthals disappeared as a seperate sub-species because they were vastly outnumbered. Anatomically Moderns were not technologically superio to the Neanderthals at that time. Well, they had beads, but Neanderthals had nice leather. read more
Five thousand years later, Neanderthals had largely disappeared."Previous research on Neanderthal sites which suggested that they were more recent than 40,000 years old appears to be wrong," said Stringer. read more