Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a
team of scientists has discovered. Its findings, which are the earliest evidence
of a complex adhesive in Europe, suggest these predecessors to modern humans had
a higher level of cognition and cultural development than previously thought.
I believe some sites have been found showing tool marks inside the jaws of Neanderthals. Possibly suggesting butchering for meat.
However this could be many things, not necessarily predation. Even if so, that may not represent widespread behaviour or intentional extermination.
Given interbreeding there was probably a complex relationship. If we look to our relationships with other similar creatures (much less similar then Neanderthals though) there’s often respect and even reverence (e.g. orangutans) alongside greed and disregard.
If orangutans become extinct due to environmental destruction that would not be intentional per se, but rather through conflicting motives.
I assume violence probably also played a role, but the mere fact that both species competed in the same ecological niche, combined with the different reproductive rates of Sapiens and Neanderthalensis, seems sufficient to explain why Neanderthalensis eventually died out. I am not an evolutionary biologist though, so I don´t know.
Everything points to them being just as smart, they just didn’t breed as fast, so humans moved in and quickly replaced them.
Neanderthals reproduced slowly, like apex predators. Because habitats can only support a few
Humans constantly pumped out kids, we reproduce as fast as prey animals. So we have a constant need to expand
Agreed, I think the whole narrative of Neanderthals being less smart than Homo Sapiens is based on Human arrogance and speciesism.
I feel like I’ve seen things go by that suggest humans probally intentionally wiped them out? Right?
I believe some sites have been found showing tool marks inside the jaws of Neanderthals. Possibly suggesting butchering for meat.
However this could be many things, not necessarily predation. Even if so, that may not represent widespread behaviour or intentional extermination.
Given interbreeding there was probably a complex relationship. If we look to our relationships with other similar creatures (much less similar then Neanderthals though) there’s often respect and even reverence (e.g. orangutans) alongside greed and disregard.
If orangutans become extinct due to environmental destruction that would not be intentional per se, but rather through conflicting motives.
I assume violence probably also played a role, but the mere fact that both species competed in the same ecological niche, combined with the different reproductive rates of Sapiens and Neanderthalensis, seems sufficient to explain why Neanderthalensis eventually died out. I am not an evolutionary biologist though, so I don´t know.
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