Homosexuality?
I wonder why the physically stronger neanderthals became extinct. That is hard to believe since modern humans 70-80 thousand years ago did not possess good weapons to overpower neanderthals. More likely the two races mixed and became undiscernible. I am convinced of this because I have run across so many people who act and look like neanderthals.
Looks like BRAIN trumps BRAWN!
It’s total conjecture. I was wondering if the new Pack mentality of the emerging homo sapiens lead to them wiping out the Neanderthals.
It probably started with a form of the punching game, but with prehistoric rules.
Homosexuality?
easy there, sapien !
Lots of potentially decisive factors. If modern humans were faster, could throw rocks more accurately, or could organize themselves into larger groups -- any of those could have been a decisive advantage over pure strength.
There is also the possibility that humans had a broader “toolkit” and vocabulary, and between better tools and communication, out competed Neandertals.
The lack of both Y chromosomes and mitrochondrial DNA from Neandertals also suggests DNA contributions were one way - Neandertals raping human women (maybe due to our better neoteny), which then gives humans a reason to kill Neandertals. Given a small population, they would allow the hybrid females to live as breeding stock but kill most of the hybrid males. Those females were healthy and disease resistant, spreading the Neandertal DNA to the next generation of humans.
End result - the genetic results we see as well as lack of Neandertals.