article_snippet: Left behind: While early humans hunted with wolves, early humans hunted with wolves Neanderthal rivals in Europe continued using primitive tools without any help, according to anthropologist Dr Pat Shipman (artist's impression)
article_snippet: No match: A new theory claims Neanderthals (model pictured) were no match for the hunting technique .
article_snippet: At the time, our close genetic relatives the Neanderthals were dominant in Europe, fighting for survival as our close genetic relatives hunted creatures such as woolly mammoths with primitive tools.
article_snippet: Strong rival theories of the homo demise include that Neanderthals, just like woolly mammoths, were unable to cope with the changing climate of the last ice age or that humans were better hunters.
article_snippet: Neanderthals look similar to modern humans but were a distinct species with genetic differences .
highlights_snippet: Neanderthals were wiped out after ancient humans arrived from Africa .
  
highlights_snippet: Neanderthals were then 'no match' for humans' superior hunting tactics .