What if Neanderthals survived?
If Neanderthals survived and we immensely interbred with them, then hybrids would have been more successful as they would possess the genetic strengths of both Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens. If Neanderthals hadn’t gone extinct, there is seriously no telling how things could have developed.
Did the Neanderthals ever meet modern humans?
In Eurasia, interbreeding between Neanderthals and Denisovans with modern humans took place several times. The introgression events into modern humans are estimated to have happened about 47,000–65,000 years ago with Neanderthals and about 44,000–54,000 years ago with Denisovans.
What if Neanderthals still existed?
But what if Neanderthals were still alive? In a way, they are. Turns out, the genomes of Neanderthals still walk Earth – as part of the human race. An analysis of the DNA of 379 Europeans and 286 East Asians revealed genomes not characteristic of modern humans.
Why did Neanderthals become extinct?
Neanderthals did not go extinct because of climate change and competition with modern humans—they were doomed to be wiped out as a result of the evolutionary phenomenon of “random species drift.”.
Are the Neanderthals really extinct?
Violence. Some authors have discussed the possibility that Neanderthal extinction was either precipitated or hastened by violent conflict with Homo sapiens.
Did Neanderthals really exist?
Neanderthals are an extinct species of the genus Homo, which includes humans and many of our ancestors and their evolutionary spinoffs. Neanderthals only existed between about 130,000 and 24,000 years ago, and can be thought of as an early human adapted to harsh Ice Age climates.