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Anthropologists have said that the Neanderthals almost survived as a species if only their birthrate were slightly higher than they were.
With that said how different would human history be today if the Neanderthals had survived from the brink of extinction? Their numbers need not be the same as Cro Magnon man or rival their population, but just enough for the species to contunue today. Would they have their own nation? Their own state? Or would they be a minority within homo-sapien dominated societies relegated to living in reservations? Most of these populations of homo-neanderthalensis would be located in Europe, and the Middle East, but some provided Columbus still sails to the Ne World, would probably migrate to the Americas. Imagine some of Columbus's crew being Neanderthals.
How different do you think human society and culture would be if we had contunued to coexist with another human species to the present day?
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