Why Homo sapiens won the battle of human survival: Neanderthals had larger eyes but less brain power to make decisions

Culled from dailymail. five-year research into whyHomo sapiens triumphed over Neanderthal man in the battle to survive is to be revealed this week. Scientists using the latest dating methods will show that modern man walked the planetmuch earlier than was believed and Neanderthals died out much sooner than was estimated. The study showed that although the brains of Neanderthals matched modernman in size they were not clever enough to survive longterm. Extinction: Neanderthal man had larger eyes but did not develop his brain power like Homo sapiens They had bigger eyes to adapt to the long dark nights and winters and used more of their brain to focus on the physical needs of their larger bodies.