article_snippet.sent: Modern humans have developed a reputation for being somewhat destructive and keen to separate Modern humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers also found the fossilised bones of Bonal tahr – a species of wild sheep that became extinct in western Europe 100,000 years ago – which appear to have been hunted by the Neanderthals.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers also found traces of other ungulates including deer, rhinos and megaloceros - a giant species of deer that is now extinct.
article_snippet.sent: Neanderthals first emerged around 280,000 years ago, spreading to inhabit much of Europe and parts of Asia, but Neanderthals eventually died out 40,000 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: The reason for Neanderthals demise was often put down to being a more primative species of human that was unable to compete against the more sophisticated Homo sapiens.
article_snippet.sent: Neanderthals were depicted as thuggish cavemen that scraped an existence on the cold lands of ice age Europe.
highlights_snippet.sent: Bones of sheep, deer and rhino that Neanderthal's hunted were also found .
  