Cannibalism May Have Wiped Out Neanderthals
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- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:00:18 -0800 (PST)
Cannibalism May Have Wiped Out Neanderthals
Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
Feb. 27, 2008 -- A Neanderthal-eat-Neanderthal world may have spread a
mad cow-like disease that weakened and reduced populations of the
large Eurasian human, thereby contributing to its extinction,
according to a new theory based on cannibalism that took place in more
recent history.
Aside from illustrating that consumption of one's own species isn't
exactly a healthy way to eat, the new theoretical model could resolve
the longstanding mystery as to what caused Neanderthals, which emerged
around 250,000 years ago, to disappear off the face of the Earth about
30,000 years ago.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/27/neanderthal-cannibalism.html
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