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Re:Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54k y... by nxmnxm99 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @02:49PM (#30291499)
I believe Neanderthals were also less pack oriented, so humans just had bigger powers in numbers.

It's also fascinating that Neanderthals soundly beat us in the first round of incursions, and 50k years later humans presumably wiped them out entirely + all other variations of homonids

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Re:Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54k y... by arbitrage on Thursday February 10, 2022 @04:16PM (#30292695)
Neanderthals were better able to cope in colder climates than modern humans. The climate may just have pushed the immigration of them many several thousand years back.
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Re:Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54k y... by samplatt on Thursday February 10, 2022 @10:47PM (#30296670)
From the comments above, I thought it was the other way around? More energy efficient metabolism resulting in greater range of biomes to permanently settle?
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