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by dzink 153 days ago
One reason for that might be the size of the baby homo sapiens scull/head upon birth. Bigger brain might have meant female Neanderthals couldn’t give birth to Homo Sapiens babies. Just a theory.
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senderista 153 days ago
Neanderthals had larger cranial capacity than modern humans.
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tempestn 152 days ago
Possibly not at birth?
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aurareturn 152 days ago
You do realize that Neanderthals had significantly bigger brain sizes than Homo sapiens?
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