The major difference between Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal indicates that Neanderthals were outcompeted by the former.

One example of this is the famous Cro-Magnon people who lived in Europe around the time of the last Ice Age (c. 40,000 to 10,000 years ago). Although they were initially named after the Cro-Magnon ...

Two of these extinct beings—Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon people—are pretty close to us, evolutionarily speaking. But they’re not the same species. Here’s how to tell the difference.