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Hawks provides a brief summary/commentary of the PBS Human Spark, ep. 1

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Duke University anthropologist Steven Churchill presents his research on the evolutionary origins of projectile weaponry, and how weapon use changed interactions between humans and other species—including, perhaps, the Neandertals. (October 20, 2009) » American Scientist

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in list: Androids, Zombies and Brains

Scientific American

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Scientists have long debated what led to their disappearance. The latest extinction theories focus on climate change and subtle differences in behavior and biology that might have given modern humans an advantage over the Neandertals. (Scientific American)

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The results of a new study presented here last week at the annual meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society bolster that view, and suggest that, in fact, Neandertals acted in much the same way as early modern humans. (Scientific American Blog)

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