![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090117093226im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth
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August 25, 2008
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Research by UK and American scientists has struck another blow to the theory that Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) became extinct because they were less intelligent than our ancestors (Homo sapiens). The research team has shown that early stone tool technologies developed by our species, Homo sapiens, were no more efficient than those used by Neanderthals.
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