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>Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago. Evidence for continued Neanderthal presence in the Iberian Peninsula 37,000 years ago was published in 2017. Various hypotheses on the causes of Neanderthal extinction implicate:
>competitive replacement
>competitive exclusion
>extinction by interbreeding with early modern human populations
Thoughts?
>competitive replacement
>competitive exclusion
>extinction by interbreeding with early modern human populations
Thoughts?