I believe some sites have been found showing tool marks inside the jaws of Neanderthals. Possibly suggesting butchering for meat.
However this could be many things, not necessarily predation. Even if so, that may not represent widespread behaviour or intentional extermination.
Given interbreeding there was probably a complex relationship. If we look to our relationships with other similar creatures (much less similar then Neanderthals though) there's often respect and even reverence (e.g. orangutans) alongside greed and disregard.
If orangutans become extinct due to environmental destruction that would not be intentional per se, but rather through conflicting motives.
I assume violence probably also played a role, but the mere fact that both species competed in the same ecological niche, combined with the different reproductive rates of Sapiens and Neanderthalensis, seems sufficient to explain why Neanderthalensis eventually died out. I am not an evolutionary biologist though, so I don´t know.
It seems like there are some reasonable solutions to all of that. Licensing, stamps, registration, and for the illegality, communications monitoring and forfeiture. A satellite image a day keeps the illegal growers away?
Our indoor cat has a small porch of his own that’s wrapped in chicken wire. One curious bird made the mistake of coming close and met his fate through the chicken wire. The end result was not pretty to look at.
What are these mammoths supposed to do once they're brought back? Are they bringing them back to lock in zoos? Are they going to buy an island? It doesn't seem right to just dump them in Alaska and hope for the best.
We know that elephants have a developed social structure. It seems like, without being brought up with a herd, they're likely to simply parish.
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