2010/6/16 Bob W <[email protected]>: > it's also entirely possible that modern people had nothing at all to do with > the extinction of the Neandertals. They may have been on their way out > anyway, as a result of changes to the environment to which they could not > adapt. At the same time, modern humans were able to exploit the changing > environment, which is why we entered Europe at the same time as the > Neandertals were expiring. One event did not necessarily cause the other - > they may have had the same cause.
If climate alone caused the 'thals' demise, modern man could have been expanding into vacant territory. However if the new studies correctly indicate interbreeding, it means that there was at least a partial overlap in the distribution ranges as the 'thals declined. Climate change could very well have skewed the competitive balance, but whoever has the edge would fast-track the other to exclusion. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
