I think that neanderthals were ultimately defeated by their own strength. It's likely that their superior physical prowess facilitated a slower rate of tool development, which allowed weaker but more intelligent competition to overcome them.

Ride public transit some time, you'll see plenty of 'em.

We interbred with them. They are not gone, they are assimilated into us. Sure some died, people always die. But their families, culture and genetics are us. We are them. 

I once asked a roomful of college students how may of them knew that the Europeans drove the native tribespeople out of Kentucky. The whole class raised their hands. Then I asked them how many of them were part Indian. Almost everyone raised their hands. 

We are them.

Well man good point, it was really interesting (anyway i will follow back everyone who follows me)

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The more things change the more they stay the same

A dwarf is living near me, in the same complex.  He is short muscular and have huge eyebrows.  DEscendent from the neanderthals?  I respect them too much to think further.
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Interesting post @gavvet  such a similarity in vocal. Can we just imagine if they were able to talk just like modern humans. Wow.

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This is a profoundly interesting discussion that I am sure will give rise to differences of views and opinions. Thanks for the detailed and informative post! I always appreciate your high quality content that you bring to this platform. Have a great day, @gavvet

You have my upvote! :)

I don't understand this post, I see them every day! lol

Very interesting post, thanks for sharing. 100% upvoted from @chanthasm

The story is told of a child who watched a sculptur take a large block of granet & over many weeks produced the statue of a man. Overcome with awe, the child asks the sculptor:"How did you know that the man was in the rock?" The sculptor"knew" that the man was in the rock in the same way that the Neanderthals "knew" that the tools were in the stones. Both works are the product of a mind with concepual ability. I think we need to rethink our attitude toward the Neanderthals. I still think they are our human ancestors.

Cool post dude!

Great post! Extremely informative and interesting, this has always been a question I've had but never took the time to learn so it's neat to see it delved into :)

You know they are from Germany? Neanderthal near lovely Düsseldorf the capital of the Fashion industry in Germany. A city with crap beer but nice ladies too 🦁

I think there are still quite a lot left here in this country, some of them still use rocks as weapons....

Good posts and useful information 👍

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loved ur article gavvet, have u heard of sick building syndrome I think this article is important https://steemit.com/health/@whitedolphin/is-your-building-making-you-sick#comments

Thanks for that. I'm glad we are here now

The height part of evolution didn't work on me. I'm still short :P

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Recent evidence demonstrates that 25% have neanderthal DNA. At some point we did breed with them but it seems that we killed them off.