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Why did modern humans replace the Neanderthals? The key might lie in our social structures

Bath, Mar 27 Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct? Forty thousand years ago Neanderthals disappeared from Asia and Europe, replaced by humans. We prize our individuality, but our survival is tied to larger social groups, like a bee’s fate depends on the colony’s survival. Humans aren’t unique in having big brains or in having huge social groups. And throughout history, humans formed larger and larger social groups: bands, tribes, cities, nation states, international alliances.

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