In a study posted online this week by the journal The Anatomical Record, a team of physical anthropologists and head and neck anatomists suggests that the culprit was not some bizarre pathogen, but instead a common childhood illness: chronic ear infections.
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Were Neanderthals driven to extinction by a common childhood illness?
There have been many theories about one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of anthropology -- what killed off Neanderthals -- but a new study puts a unique twist on the topic.