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 "Did we kill the Neanderthals?  New research may finally answer an age-old question."

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October 7, 2024 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE      Amazing science every day SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   Top Science News (Fabio Fogliazza) Did we kill the Neanderthals? New research may finally answer an age-old question. About 37,000 years ago, Neanderthals clustered in small groups in what is now southern Spain. They may have gone about their daily life: Crafting stone tools, eating birds and mushrooms, engraving symbols on rocks, and creating jewelry out of feathers and shells. They likely never realized they were among the last of their kind. But the story of their extinction actually begins tens of thousands of years earlier, when the Neanderthals became isolated and dispersed, eventually ending nearly half a million years of successful existence in some of the most forbidding regions of Eurasia. By 34,000 years ago, our closest relatives had effectively gone extinct. But because modern humans and Neanderthals overlapped in time and space for thousands of years, archaeologists have long wondered whether our species wiped out our closest relatives. This may have occurred directly, such as through violence and warfare, or indirectly, through disease or competition for resources. Now, researchers are solving the mystery of how the Neanderthals died out — and what role our species played in their demise. Read More Did Neanderthals wear clothes? Neanderthals and modern humans interbred 'at the crossroads of human migrations' in Iran, study finds Who was the last Neanderthal? Tackle your credit card debt with 0% interest until nearly 2026 Pay no interest until nearly 2026 with some of the best hand-picked credit cards this year, all with no annual fee. Experts identified these top credit card of 2024 offering 0% intro APR until nearly 2026. Find out more ADVERTISEMENT Planet Earth (Posnov via Getty Images) 'Many more ancient structures waiting to be discovered': Lost chunk of seafloor hidden in Earth's mantle found off Easter Island Researchers created a seismic map of Earth's interior beneath the southeastern Pacific Ocean and discovered an ancient slab of oceanic crust that appears to be stuck midway through the mantle. Read More Space (Getty Images) Draconid meteor shower 2024: How to see dozens of 'shooting stars' fall from the dragon's tail this week How to watch the Draconid meteor shower peak on Oct. 8 and 9 in the tail of a cosmic dragon. Read More Your Body (wundervisuals via Getty Images) Why does drinking water feel so good when you're thirsty? Drinking water triggers a variety of complex biochemical reactions that reward rehydration and help satiate our thirst. Read More Animals (Danny Ye / Alamy Stock Photo) Alligator gar: The 'living fossil' that has barely evolved for 100 million years This living fossil can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it survived predatory dinosaurs. Read More Poll Question At its closest point to Earth, how far away is the moon? (Learn the answer here.) 198,300 miles 221,500 miles 258,700 miles 304,400 miles

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