I’m listening to a #history podcast about the #StoneAge & I learned some new and/or corrected information about Neanderthals. Did you know:
-most of the modern population has small amounts of #Neanderthal DNA? Neanderthals & Homo sapiens commonly interbred before N’s extinction.
- the idea that Neanderthals hunted big animals by driving them off cliffs is a Victorian misconception? They actually used risky & complex bottling, ambush, and close-range techniques when hunting.
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#TodayILearned
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