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The Humans Who Went Extinct: Why Neanderthals Died Out and We Survived
February 13th, 2010; Vol.177 #4 (p. 31)
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The Humans Who Went Extinct: Why Neanderthals Died Out and We Survived by Clive Finlayson
An evolutionary ecologist argues that humans weren’t superior to other hominid species, only luckier.
Oxford University Press, 2009, 273 p., $29.95.
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Homo Sapien genome. I have met individuals who exhibit the
Neanderthal phenotype to include the low thick uni brow,
flat nose, short body with long stocky arms. I don't think
it went completely extinct.
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