Climate change may have contributed to extinction of Neanderthals

Climate change may have contributed to extinction of Neanderthals Denver CO (SPX) May 17, 2016 - A researcher at the University of Colorado Denver has found that Neanderthals in Europe showed signs of nutritional stress during periods of extreme cold, suggesting climate change may have contributed to their demise around 40,000 years ago. Jamie Hodgkins, a zooarchaeologist and assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at CU Denver, analyzed the remains of prey animals and f ... more

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