Ka taƙaita labarin:  Yadda mutanen Neanderthal suka gamu da mutuwarsu ya kasance babban asiri ga masana tarihi. Wata ka'ida ita ce cewa mutanen zamani na farko sun 'zazzage' 'yan uwansu na Neanderthal har zuwa halaka saboda suna da ingantattun kayan aiki don tsira. Amma wani sabon binciken kayan aikin dutse na d ̄ a ya saɓa wa wannan ka'idar ta hanyar ba da shawarar makaman mutane ba su fi waɗanda Neanderthals suka ƙirƙira ba. Masu binciken sun yi nazarin kayan aikin dutse da mutanen da ke cikin al'adun Ahmarian na farko da al'adun Protoaurignacian suka yi amfani da su, suna zaune a kudanci da yammacin Turai da yammacin Asiya kimanin shekaru 40,000 da suka gabata. Sun gano kayan aikin mutum (hoton) ba su da tasiri fiye da kayan aikin Neanderthal da aka kirkira a lokaci guda. Masu bincike sun ce wannan binciken yana nufin cewa muna bukatar mu sake tunani kan dalilan da suka sa mutane suka tsira daga Neanderthals - kuma wataƙila ba mu nuna halin da ya bambanta da yadda muke tsammani ba. A al'adance, masana kimiyya sun yi imani cewa sababbin makamai sun ba da damar mutane su yada daga Afirka zuwa Turai. Amma sabon binciken da Jami'ar Nagoya da Jami'ar Tokyo a Japan suka yi ya nuna cewa mutanen Neanderthal suna da kayan aiki kamar na 'yan Adam. 'Ba mu da wani abu na musamman, ban yi tunanin mun tsira daga Neanderthals ba kawai saboda ƙwarewar fasaha,' in ji Dokta Seiji Kadowaki, marubucin farko na binciken daga Jami'ar Nagoya, Japan. A gefen hagu akwai taswirar Levant da ke nuna wuraren da aka danganta da Early Ahmarian da aka bincika a cikin wannan binciken. Neanderthals (gyara dama) bazai kasance kamar yadda aka yi imani da farko ba, in ji binciken. Al'adun Ahmarian na farko sun yi amfani da ƙananan duwatsu na dutse a matsayin maki don bindigogi kamar jefa mashi. Masu bincike a baya sun yi la'akari da waɗannan a matsayin muhimmin bidi'a - wanda ya taimaka wa mutane su yi ƙaura daga yammacin Asiya zuwa Turai, inda Neanderthals ke zaune. Mutanen zamani na farko sun fadada yankin da suke zaune daga Afirka a cikin wani lokaci na shekaru 55,000-40,000 da suka gabata. Masu binciken sun yi nazarin kayan aikin dutse da mutane suka yi amfani da su a cikin al'adun Ahmarian na farko da al'adun Protoaurignacian, suna zaune a...
Masu binciken Japan sun yi nazarin tsoffin makaman dutse da mutane suka kirkira. Ba su da tasiri fiye da kayan aikin Neanderthal da aka kirkira a lokaci guda. Ya nuna cewa mutane da Neanderthals ba za su iya yin hali daban ba. Ya saɓa wa ka'idar cewa farautar ɗan adam ta kai ga mutuwar Neanderthals.