Some recent theories and studies indicate that the ‘taller and superior’ Cro Magnons were able to mate with the Neanderthal species.
Perhaps they were also faster and better looking and thus able to catch and mate with willing or unwilling Neanderthal maidens, creating hybrids which became closer and closer to the dominant species over the years through constant breeding out of the Neanderthal stock.
Perhaps this was the way the Neanderthal world ended, not with a whimper but a bang!
Perhaps this was the way the Neanderthal world ended, not with a whimper but a gang bang!
The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes:
Flood, Fire, and Famine
in the History of Civilization
by Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith
Wasn’t there a report some time ago about an apparent young N/CM hybrid found in Spain with the age about 22,000 BP?