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How did the Neanderthals die off?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

There is no certain answer yet, but theories suggest that since Neanderthals and humans lived together once before (and were two separate species), competition with humans killed them off.

The second theory suggests that Neanderthals and humans interbred and so they disappeared through absorption.

The third theory has geological evidence. The Campanian ignimbrite volcanic super-eruption (and a second one thousands of years later) probably caused a relatively moderate decline of Neanderthal population.

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13y ago

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