CHAND: Over the years, Scientists have reportedly debated over the human evolution theories of how Neanderthals became extinct. Now, NBC News reports that researchers may have found evidence that the arrival of modern humans may have driven off Neanderthals to extinction.
But, first, here’s a quick review on Neanderthals and human evolution. NBC News notes that Neanderthals are the closest extinct relatives of modern humans and reportedly lived in Europe and Asia. Neanderthals who purportedly disappeared from Europe between about 41,000 and 39,000 years ago were reportedly related to humans closely enough to interbreed with the ancestors of modern humans.
According to Live Science, new human evolution research found out that although Neanderthals lived in Europe for thousands of years, they vanished just some time after the first humans showed up at the same place.
Anna Goldfield, a doctoral candidate in archaeology at Boston University, reportedly admits that very little is agreed upon when it comes to Neanderthals’ disappearance.
