AFP
Neanderthals were not as stupid as they have been portrayed, according to new research showing their stone tools were as good as those made by the early ancestors of modern humans, Homo sapiens.
The findings by a team of scientists at British and U.S. universities challenge the assumption that the ancestors of people living today drove Neanderthals into extinction by producing better tools.
The research could lead to a fresh search for explanations about why Neanderthals vanished from Europe around 28,000 years ago, after living alongside modern humans for some 10,000 years.
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008