New evidence of Neanderthal violence
New evidence of Neanderthal violence (BBC)
"The findings indicate that the contemporaries of early modern humans were more sophisticated than their popular "caveman" image suggests.
They would have needed social skills and organised networks to take part in armed conflict. It may have been a crucial factor in the evolution of Neanderthal and human behaviour, say scientists in Switzerland and France."
So we may hae evolved to more efficiently kill each other? Makes kinda sense.
# May 22, 2002