How were Homo sapiens able to win against the Neanderthals?

It wasn't a battle - it was a competition. Both H. Sapiens and H. Neanderthals were competing for the same resources - mostly food, but also good locations to hunt that food and raise their families. read more

It wasn't a battle - it was a competition. Both H. Sapiens and H. Neanderthals were competing for the same resources - mostly food, but also good locations to hunt that food and raise their families. read more

Neanderthals lost out to Homo sapiens in the battle to survive because they were not clever enough to adapt. The results of a five-year study, to be revealed this week, will show that modern man walked the planet much earlier than was believed and Neanderthals died out much sooner than was estimated. read more

Possibly. A Neanderthal would have a clear power advantage over his Homo sapiens opponent. Many of the Neanderthals archaeologists have recovered had Popeye forearms, possibly the result of a life spent stabbing wooly mammoths and straight-tusked elephants to death and dismantling their carcasses. Neanderthals also developed strong trapezius, deltoid, and tricep muscles by dragging 50 pounds of meat 30 miles home to their families. read more