Pregnancy complications may have helped wipe out Neanderthals - Phys.org
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Pregnancy complications may have helped wipe out Neanderthals - Phys.org

Source:Phys.Org
Author:Paul Arnold

Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil record approximately 40,000 years ago. Their extinction was a gradual process over thousands of years, and theories as to why include competition with modern humans and rapid climate change. However, there may have bee…