Friday, April 01, 2005

New Scientist Breaking News - Free trade may have finished off Neanderthals

New Scientist Breaking News - Free trade may have finished off Neanderthals
New theory tested via simulation and supported by some archeological difference that humans overtook Neanderthals as the dominant species because they traded amongst themselves. Trade facilitated the specialization of duties allowing the best hunters to hunt more and the best tool makers to spend more time making them. Theory still in development, but seems promising.

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