Which statement is true about the Neanderthals? A. Homo sapiens rapidly killed off all the Neanderthals as they had superior fighting technology like the bow and arrow and spears B. Neaderthals were the likely direct ancestors of the newly discovered pigmy island species of humans, H. floresiensis and H. luzonensis C. Neanderthals interbred with Homo sapiens and as a result assimilated with Homo sapiens D. They were only living in Europe where they had genes allowing them to acclimate to that particular environment. E. They originated around the same time period as homo sapiens and coexisted
Which statement is true about the Neanderthals?
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Homo sapiens rapidly killed off all the Neanderthals as they had superior fighting technology like the bow and arrow and spears |
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| B. |
Neaderthals were the likely direct ancestors of the newly discovered pigmy island species of humans, H. floresiensis and H. luzonensis |
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| C. |
Neanderthals interbred with Homo sapiens and as a result assimilated with Homo sapiens |
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| D. |
They were only living in Europe where they had genes allowing them to acclimate to that particular environment. |
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| E. |
They originated around the same time period as homo sapiens and coexisted |
Neanderthals are defined as an extinct species or subspecies of the archaic humans who used to live in Eurasia about 40,000 years earlier.
The overlapping of the DNA structure of Neanderthals with homo sapiens indicated that the modern homo sapiens did not replace Neanderthals. Therefore, the Neanderthals instead of getting disappeared through extinction, they were assimilated through the admixture with the early modern Homo Sapiens and this, admixture was revealed with the help of fossils by identifying their physical characteristics in bones and teeth and also from the DNA. Thus, it can be concluded that Neanderthals interbred with the homo sapiens and produced fertile offsprings.
Therefore, the correct option is (C).
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