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A Study Reveals That Larger Eyes Contributed to Neanderthal Extinction

Description:Neanderthals, who are believed to have lived at the same time as early Homo Sapiens, went extinct during the ice age around 28 thousand years ago. A new study says they had larger eyes than Home Sapiens, and used more of their brains to process visual information instead of using it for social interaction. (1:05)

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