Neanderthals Were Few and Poised for Extinction
When you buy through connection on our site , we may earn an affiliate charge . Here ’s how it works . Neanderthals are of course extinct . But there never were very many of them , new research concludes . In fact , new genetical grounds from the remains of six Neanderthals ( Homo neanderthalensis ) suggest the population hovered at an norm of 1,500 females of procreative age in Europe between 38,000 and 70,000 years ago , with the maximum estimate of 3,500 such distaff Neanderthals ....