Nominally this blog is about “quantitative historical analysis”….not just as related to defense, not just as related to The Dupuy Institute’s work. We have not posted much here outside of our immediate areas of expertise (and one could certainly argue that this subject is not history).
This article caught my attention: Neanderthals in Germany Went Extinct Right After Population Peak
A few highlights:
- Neanderthals lived from 200,000 to 40,000 years ago.
- Over 50% of identified Neanderthal settlements in Germany date back to between 60,000 to 43,000 years ago.
- During the time period between 100,000 and 70,000 years ago, there were only four identified Neanderthal settlement sites in Germany
- In the period between 70,000 and 43,000 years ago there were ninety-four
- Less than 1,000 years later, there was a rapid decrease and Neanderthals disappeared
- Neanderthals eventually went extinct in Europe between 41,000 and 39,000 year ago, coinciding with a period of extreme cold.
Neanderthals have 99.5% of the same DNA as modern humans (Chimpanzees maybe as little as 94%: see Human-chimp Gene Gap). Some Neanderthal DNA appears to be part of modern Eurasians.