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It supports my long-held belief in the "Rape and Pillage" theory of human development. The theory was developed to explain the rapid expansion of human intelligence and brain size. I don't know how you apply these findings to current events @Jacob Petersheim. Can you help me understand what you mean?
The Rape and Pillage theory is simply that hordes of human men roamed areas, mostly apparently of Eurasia, and when they encountered other groups, they attacked them, and the winners killed all the men and raped the women. This developed an aggressive, intelligent race of humans that came to eventually dominate everything. Only groups that were geographically isolated escaped the impact of this. As Neanderthals co-inhabited areas with other humans, they were victimized if they were less intelligent and less aggressive than the other groups. It has always made sense to me. I don't know if there is physical evidence of this and I don't know if it would be published if it were found. If you remember the fight over the Kennewick Man skull reportedly having Caucasian characteristics and how that was suppressed and the skull re-buried to prevent further research from being done; the same would be done with other evidence that didn't fit into current beliefs.