Fossil Teeth Suggest Humans Played Role in Neanderthal Extinction

Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 13:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Modern humans may have arrived in Western Europe at about the same time as Neanderthals went extinct there, according to fossil teeth. The findings suggest modern humans caused the demise of Neanderthals, either directly or indirectly.

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