Ka taƙaita labarin:  Sun kasance nau'in mutane ne na farko da aka yi tunanin sun yi yawo a Turai da Asiya har zuwa shekaru 300,000 kafin daga karshe suka mutu. Yanzu masana kimiyya sun yi imanin cewa sun yi watsi da daya daga cikin manyan ra'ayoyi game da abin da ya haifar da mutuwar Neanderthals. Sun gano cewa fashewar dutsen mai aman wuta a Italiya shekaru 40,000 da suka shige ba ta da wani tasiri a kan mutuwar jinsin. Neanderthals, wanda aka nuna a sama daga jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na Walking with Neanderthals, sun riga sun ragu a lokacin da fashewar Campanian Ignimbrite a Italiya shekaru 40,000 da suka gabata ya haifar da sanyaya yanayi. Kodayake fashewar Campanian Ignimbrite na ɗaya daga cikin manyan fashewar dutsen mai fitad da wuta a Turai, masana kimiyya sun ce sanyaya da kuma ƙaruwar ruwan sama mai ƙanshi wanda ya haifar da fashewar fashewar zai yi tasiri kaɗan a yankunan da Neanderthals ke zaune. Sun yi jayayya cewa mutanen Neanderthal sun riga sun fara raguwa a lokacin da dutsen mai fitad da wuta ya fashe kuma bai isa ya haifar da halaka ba. Masana kimiyya sun ce mutanen Neanderthal ne suka fara yin kayan ado shekaru 130,000 da suka shige. Masu bincike da suka bincika ƙwanƙwasa takwas da aka ɗauko daga gaggafa mai farin wutsiya da aka samu a Krapina a Croatia sun ce an yi amfani da su wajen yin abin wuya ko munduwa. Clawsan yatsun suna da alamun yankewa da yawa, alamomi da alamun da Neanderthals suka goge waɗanda suka taɓa zama a wurin da aka samo su. Masana ilimin halayyar dan adam a Jami'ar Kansas sun ce an yi amfani da ƙuƙwalwar a matsayin kayan ado na alama shekaru 80,000 kafin mutane na zamani su isa Turai. Abubuwan da aka gano sun ƙara tabbatar da cewa mutanen Neanderthal ba mutane masu hankali ba ne kamar yadda ake yawan kwatanta su. Maimakon haka sun ce wataƙila gasar da mutane na zamani suka yi ce ta kai ga mutuwar mutanen Neanderthal. Dokta Benjamin Black, daga sashen kimiyyar ƙasa a Jami'ar California, Berkeley, wanda ya jagoranci binciken, ya ce: 'Radiocarbon dating ya nuna cewa a lokacin fashewar Campanian Ignimbrite,...
An zargi babban fashewar dutsen mai aman wuta da mutuwar mutanen Neanderthal. Masana kimiyya a Jami'ar California Berkeley sun tsara tasirin fashewar. Sun gano cewa fashewar a Italiya ta sanyaya yanayin Turai da digiri 2-4 C. Koyaya, masu bincike sun ce akwai ƙarancin sanyaya a inda Neanderthals ke rayuwa. Wannan yana nuna cewa fashewar ba ta taka rawa a mutuwar jinsin ba. Gasar da 'yan Adam na zamani ya fi dacewa da shi, in ji masana kimiyya.