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Did Large Eyes Lead To Neanderthals' Demise?

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-the-better-to-see-you-with dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Bigger eyes and a corresponding greater allocation of the brain to process visual information is the most recent theory about the reasons that led to the extinction of Neanderthals, our closest relatives. Neanderthals split from the primate line that gave rise to modern humans about 400,000 years ago. This group then moved to Eurasia and completely disappeared from the world about 30,000 years back. Other studies have shown that Neanderthals might have lived near the Arctic Circle around 31,000 to 34,000 years ago."

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  1. Dupe by Any+Web+Loco · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dupe... http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/03/13/1247255/manga-girls-beware-extra-large-eyes-caused-neanderthals-demise

    1. Re:Dupe by Ubi_NL · · Score: 5, Funny

      Seems slashdot editors have very large eyes as well

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    2. Re:Dupe by Lotana · · Score: 4, Funny

      Indeed. May as well carry on with other part of the tradition for dupe stories.

      Quick everyone, re-post all the posts that have been modded up in the original story! Here comes free karma!

  2. Dupe by rsmith-mac · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did large eyes lead to Neanderthals' Demise?

    No. But perhaps if they had stuck around the large eyes would help the Slashdot editors spot their dupes.

    http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/03/13/1247255/manga-girls-beware-extra-large-eyes-caused-neanderthals-demise

  3. Re:big eyes by flyingfsck · · Score: 4, Funny

    I dunno, the Europeans are eating the remaining horses at an alarming rate. I guess they taste like chicken.

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  4. Re:Correlation vs causality. by I'm+New+Around+Here · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought it was because they didn't know how to brew beer.

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