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Letter: Neanderthals endured cold periods before

Published 19 February 2025

From Dudley Miles, London, UK

While the Neanderthals died out around 40,000 years ago, when the climate was colder than today, I doubt this was to do with poor clothing. They survived the even colder penultimate glacial maximum 140,000 years ago (1 February, p 34).

Issue no. 3531 published 22 February 2025

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