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During the period for which we have evidence, Neanderthals seem to have had smaller populations than Homo sapiens, and they reproduced more slowly (longer gesta
by qdw 3y ago
During the period for which we have evidence, Neanderthals seem to have had smaller populations than Homo sapiens, and they reproduced more slowly (longer gestation plus longer interval between pregnancies). So it may be that they went extinct for those reasons.
- manishsharan 3y agoThat may be so .. but I recall reading about Neanderthals' cave drawing .. they depicted Homo sapiens as frightening creatures.
- huytersd 3y agoI can’t find anything about neanderthal cave art that represented Homo sapiens.
- huytersd 3y agoThey also had a lower brain to body ratio so weren't as intelligent.
- namlem 3y agoTheir ratio was about the same as homo sapiens. It's not clear that they were less intelligent, they seem to have had a similar degree of intelligence based on findings from caves in Spain.
- huytersd 3y agoAbout the same but significantly lower. Neanderthal cave art is basically scribbles and scratches compared to say Altamira.
- bmer 3y agoWhy is brain:body ratio correlated with intelligence?
- huytersd 3y agoIt’s pretty much the one metric that holds true across all animal species. Read about EQ (encephalization quotient)