Neanderthals Are No More Because Of Big Eyes?
March 14, 2013 1:30 PM 
Remember learning about Neanderthals in high school?
If you’re having a hard time remembering, they roamed the earth over 200 thousand years ago, but became extinct about 30 thousand years ago.
Have you ever wondered what happened – why they became extinct?
Well, thanks to researchers at London’s Natural History Museum, we now know – their eyes became too big.
ABC News has more on the story.
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Now we know!
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