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8. Beware the plausible, __especially__ if it works.
Recent article that says that Neanderthals didn't have the social skills to survive. This claim was based on the assumption that neanderthals had large eyes due to their environment. Because Neanderthals had larger eyes, the majority of their brain was used to control vision. Because most of their brain was used to control vision, they did not have enough space in the brain to accommodate higher level thinking. Because they weren't capable of higher level thinking, they weren't smart enough to band together and govern themselves. This led to their downfall.