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sleepydog on Nov 5, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dolphins deserve same rights as humans, say scient...

I thought the Cro-Magnons hunted down and ultimately exterminated the Neanderthals. Have there been any discoveries about their interaction?

jlgreco on Nov 5, 2012 [–]

There is some evidence of interbreeding, but more importantly, there is some evidence of cultural exchange.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cro-Magnon#Neanderthals

All if this tends to be very wishy-washy.

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