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== Mental Development ==
 
== Mental Development ==
 
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Neanderthals were able to dominate their homes for several centuries due to their increased brain size of about 1450 cc. However, recent studies have shown that Homo Neanderthalis may have gone extinct due its brain structure, rather than size.
  
 
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University of Oxford. "Neanderthal brains focused on vision and movement leaving less room for social networking." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 March 2013. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130319093639.htm>.

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Mental Development

Neanderthals were able to dominate their homes for several centuries due to their increased brain size of about 1450 cc. However, recent studies have shown that Homo Neanderthalis may have gone extinct due its brain structure, rather than size.

Sources

University of Oxford. "Neanderthal brains focused on vision and movement leaving less room for social networking." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 March 2013. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130319093639.htm>.