VOLOC: An assumption often put forward that early modern humans “bullied” their Neanderthal cousins into extinction because they had better tools — especially hunting implements — and the smarts to use them is not supported by any hard evidence, researchers say.
Experts at two Japanese universities who made careful examinations of stone weapons in use by humans from 42,000 to 34,000 years ago said they would have been no more effective than Neanderthal-created tools of the same era.
Those promoting the theory of Neanderthals disappearing because they were “out-tooled” suggest it was innovations in tools and weapons that allowed early humans to migrate from Africa and into Europe, where the existing Neanderthals were simply no match for the smarter new species.
Researchers from The University of Tokyo and Nagoya University say their findings suggest those innovations were not the driving force for behind the “out of Africa” spread of humans and that a rethink may be necessary as to why humans survived while Neanderthals did not.
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