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Neandertals’ extinction not caused by deficient diets, tooth analysis shows
- btilly 16y agoThe title is misleading, because diet could very well be tied to the Neanderthal extinction. It is just not as simple as, "The Neanderthals didn't eat grains." See http://bentilly.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-did-neanderthals-die-out.html http://bentilly.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-did-neanderthals-di... for my explanation over a year ago of why the Neanderthals may have died out. According to that explanation I would expect that the Neanderthals were willing and able to eat anything that our ancestors were willing to eat. However in the presence of competition from our ancestors, they couldn't.
- bediger 16y agoSo, how did they cook the grains? I don't think Neanderthals had pottery, so they weren't boiling up oatmeal or any soup.