Neanderthals Quotes

There was no difference between what Neanderthals and modern humans could do [as hunters]. Both of them were wolves with knives. - John Shea

The simple answer to the question of why Neanderthals became extinct is 'nobody knows,' but studies like this one certainly move us a lot closer to being able to make more clearly testable hypotheses. Now the hypothesis that Neanderthals became extinct because they were ineffective hunters is in deep trouble. - John Shea

The apparent antiquity of the gene responsible for red hair among Celtic peoples suggests that it may have arisen through interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, a genetics team in Oxford, England, suggested last month. - Robert Lee Hotz

One of the most important discoveries from studying ancient mitochondrial DNA is the estimate of when humans diverged in evolution from the Neanderthals - around half a million years ago. - Robert Foley

Neanderthals are three times as different from us as we all are from each other. - Chris Stringer

Given the abundance of animals, one might think that Neanderthals would kill as many animals as possible, regardless of age, and therefore nutritional returns. - Daniel Adler

Extremely compelling evidence that the time it took Neanderthals to grow their teeth is broadly similar to that for modern human populations. - Gary Schwartz