# If Neanderthals had survived, would they have survived?

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**Created:** [July 20, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-neanderthals-had-survived-would-they-have-survived/664069 "2013-07-20T23:13:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-neanderthals-had-survived-would-they-have-survived/664069/21 "2013-07-22T02:27:31Z")

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> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#):
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> A bloke who looks like [this](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19960748) is in serious shit.

> [@AK84](#):
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> He looks like [Oliver Kahn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Kahn)

Actually [he look quite a bit like this guy](http://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/photo/2508/0296/chuck-norris-is-the-best-man-on-earth.jpg).

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-neanderthals-had-survived-would-they-have-survived/664069/22 "2013-07-22T06:16:14Z")

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As to the OP - I think if Neanderthals had survived into the relatively modern era, it would mean they’d overcome whatever it was that made them extinct in our reality (and currently, climate/habitat change is a favourite explanation) so their chances of continued survival would be as good as any other small tribe - I don’t think, had they survived, we’d really make the distinction between _H. neanderthalis_ and _H. sapiens_ before modern genetics - at least, I doubt Linnæus would have, if we could interbreed successfully.

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**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-neanderthals-had-survived-would-they-have-survived/664069/23 "2013-07-22T19:46:39Z")

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> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#):
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> A bloke who looks like [this](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19960748) is in serious shit.

Holy CRAP! It’s Chuck Norris!

{looks like Duckster (my cuz) also agrees}

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