Did a common childhood illness take down the neanderthals? - EurekAlert

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Did a common childhood illness take down the neanderthals?  EurekAlert

A new study suggests that the extinction of Neanderthals may be tied to persistent, life-long ear infections due to the structure of their Eustachian tubes, which ...



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