Cuoc song cua nguoi Neanderthal co dai rat khac nghiet. Doi khi ho thieu luong thuc toi muc neu mot nguoi chet di, nhung nguoi dong bao khac co the xum vao an thit, mot nghien cuu gan day cho thay Antonio Rosas cung cong su tai Vien bao tang khoa hoc tu nhien quoc gia tai Madrid, Tay Ban Nha, da tim hieu nhung hoa thach 43.000 nam tuoi cua nguoi Neanderthal duoc tim thay tai hang El Sidron - nam o phia bac ban dao Iberian. Day la hang chua rat nhieu hoa thach cua nguoi Neanderthal. Khoang 1.300 mau hoa thach da duoc tim thay ke tu khi no duoc phat hien vao nam 1994. Va nhung gi ma cac nha khoa hoc phan tich cho thay dua tren nhung chung tich se bo sung vao su hieu biet cua chung ta ve giong nguoi tien su nay. 
Nguoi Neanderthal chon nguoi chet. (Anh: Dagonbytes)
Rosa kiem tra rang cua 8 thi the tim thay trong hang va phat hien nhung bang chung cho thay khi con song, nhung nguoi nay da trai qua mot giai doan thieu luong thuc tram trong. Ben canh do, nhung vet cat tren mot so xuong cho thay ho co the da bi nhung nguoi khac trong cong dong an thit. "Rat co the la dieu kien song khac nghiet luc do buoc ho phai an bat cu cai gi co trong tay, ke ca thit nguoi", Rosas nhan dinh. Mot kha nang khac: Tuc an thit nguoi la mot nghi le trong doi song cua nguoi Neanderthal va nhung nan nhan tren la vat te trong cac buoi hanh le. "Nhung dau hieu cua tuc an thit nguoi co the cho chung ta biet mot vai dieu ve doi song tin nguong cua nguoi Neanderthal", ong noi. Khi so sanh voi nhung hoa thach tim thay o Nam Au, nhom cua Rosas nhan thay co nhieu diem khac biet ve hinh thai hoc giua nguoi Neanderthal o phia bac va phia nam chau Au. Nguoi Neanderthal o phia nam co khuon mat va ham lon hon. Phat hien nay ung ho gia thiet cho rang, nguoi Neanderthal o cac khu vuc khac nhau ve mat hinh thai, co the la do nhung khac biet ve dieu kien song va nhan to moi truong. "Nguoi Neanderthal duoc cho la vung ve, ban thiu va man ro, nhung toi muon tin rang cai nhin cua chung ta ve ho se thay doi voi nhung phat hien moi nay", Rosas phat bieu. 
Nhung hoa thach bo phan quai ham cua nguoi Neanderthal la bang chung cho thay ho chet vi doi. (Anh: Newscientist.com)
Neanderthal la mot giong nguoi co biet che tao cong cu, tung song o chau Au, Can Dong, Trung A, Bac Phi va co the ca phia tay Siberia cach day hon 100.000 nam va tuyet chung khoang 30.000 nam truoc. Ho co nhung dac diem noi bat khac voi nguoi hien dai, nhu khung dau lon, mat nho ve phia truoc, co the nang ne va doi chan kha thap nhung manh me, cho thay mot loi song vat va, phai dung nhieu suc luc. Nhung dac diem nay cho thay su thich nghi toi uu voi dieu kien khi hau bang ha, la noi ho sinh song. Ho co the kiem soat duoc lua, tao ra nhung cong cu da tinh xao, doi khi con biet chon nguoi chet, rat thich cac mau tu nhien va song phu thuoc vao thit thu rung (co the la do san duoc). Nhung ho nhanh chong bi the chan boi Cro-Magnons, to tien gan nhat cua nguoi hien dai khoang 45.000 nam truoc. Cac nghien cuu chi tiet deu dua den mot nhan dinh la: Nguoi Neanderthal chua phat trien tri tue tuong xung nhu nguoi hien dai, va viec ho bi dao thai la khong the tranh khoi. Theo VnExpress Article source http://w4rum.com/392.t
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