Questions on Neanderthals?

Question

How did the Neanderthal become extinct if their survival skills were so kenly developed?

Why were language and art so important to the success of the Cro-magnon's compared to the Neanderthal?

In what ways did Cro-magnons have a competitive edge over the Neanderthal species?

Answer 1

1 There are hypotheses. Some say the Cro-magnons killed them off with their more advanced weapons or with a new disease. Some say the Neanderthals interbred with modern humans. So, IF they coexisted with modern humans, modern humans would have killed them, probably.

2 Neanderthals probably didn't have symbolic thought (that is, representing everything through words, sounds, or pictures) whereas cro-magnons definitely did. they were capable of advanced language and art, so they used it.

3 Cro-magnons had more modern thought. Neanderthals probably didn't HAVE much of a concept of competition.