Skilled Hunters

Anyone who wants to survive usually picks up a few skills to help them get their next meal. There was no exception to this logic for Neanderthals. Evidence from their time traversing Eurasia shows they were exceptionally skilled hunters. They had outstanding cognitive powers, which helped them plan attacks, and were able to catch and kill game with ease thanks to a healthy combination of wit and ability.

Together, Neanderthals hunted for food all throughout Eurasia. Neanderthals may have had exceptional hand dexterity, enabling them to produce cutting-edge hunting tools like stone-tipped spears to take down their prey. Beyond their preferred weapon and strategy of using numbers to their advantage, Neanderthals were not weak. Our distant anthropological cousins' bones revealed numerous fractures similar to those seen in elite rodeo competitors.

They not only survived, but also prospered as hunters thanks to a combination of physical prowess, cooperation, and intelligence in recognizing migration patterns and the timing of their stays in particular regions of Eurasia.