Neanderthal extinction by competitive exclusion.
<h4>Background</h4>Despite a long history of investigation, considerable debate revolves around whether Neanderthals became extinct because of climate change or competition with anatomically modern humans (AMH).<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We apply a new methodology...
Main Authors: | William E Banks, Francesco d'Errico, A Townsend Peterson, Masa Kageyama, Adriana Sima, Maria-Fernanda Sánchez-Goñi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19107186/?tool=EBI |
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