Reacción a "The last Neanderthals in northwestern Europe had greater genetic diversity than previously thought"

The data suggest that the last Neanderthals were more closely connected to one another and exhibited greater genetic diversity than had previously been suggested. This finding calls into question the hypothesis that inbreeding and genetic deterioration were the main factors responsible for their extinction.

Perhaps the main limitation of the study is that it reflects the reality of a specific region in Western Europe. However, its findings reinforce an increasingly evident trend: the extinction of the Neanderthals can hardly be explained by a single cause.