So I was watching this [documentary](https://youtu.be/8p8tFcIQ8K4?si=N48hW93UoRJfKk5w) on NEANDERTHALS and needed some explanation on how the scientists figured out the following.
1. Groups of Neanderthals would meet regularly at certain places once a year and exchange information/people. There are evidences in the sidron cave in Spain that they would exchange women too.
2. If Neanderthals inbred with Homo Sapiens, then why are we saying Neanderthals got extinct slowly. Should’t some of us have Neanderthals genes as well?
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We do not just have skeletal remains. We are examining the remains of their homes. This means cave paintings, tools, remains of meals, artwork, etc. So we have quite a lot of information about their culture and technology.
As for your second question, the theory that the Neanderthals got extinct have indeed been disproved. The concept of Neanderthals as a separate species is stretching the definitions of species. They were isolated groups of humans who evolved for the European climate and conditions but a similar thing can be said about most modern races, although not to the same extent. And Neanderthals were not the only such isolated group at the time who were later reintegrated.
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