Climate Change Killed Off Neanderthals, Study Says
- 6 years ago
Climate Change Killed
Off Neanderthals, Study Says How the closest relative of
humans died out around 40,000
years ago has long been debated. Researchers studying
stalagmites in Romania Dr. Vasile Ersek, study co-author, via Fox News Stalagmites are cave rocks
that form over a long periods of time. The rings contained in stalagmites
can reveal important information
about the climate of the past. Neanderthals lived in Eurasia for
around 350,000 years before abruptly
dying out during the last Ice Age. It's thought that severe
cold and dry spells in Europe Dr. Vasile Ersek, study co-author, via Fox News
Off Neanderthals, Study Says How the closest relative of
humans died out around 40,000
years ago has long been debated. Researchers studying
stalagmites in Romania Dr. Vasile Ersek, study co-author, via Fox News Stalagmites are cave rocks
that form over a long periods of time. The rings contained in stalagmites
can reveal important information
about the climate of the past. Neanderthals lived in Eurasia for
around 350,000 years before abruptly
dying out during the last Ice Age. It's thought that severe
cold and dry spells in Europe Dr. Vasile Ersek, study co-author, via Fox News