article_snippet: But soon afterwards the rival species died out, leaving a clear path for the homo sapiens that make up today's humans.
article_snippet: Dr Shipman, however, told The Observer: 'We formed an alliance with the wolf and that would have been the end for the Neanderthal. '
article_snippet: Then we shared the meat.
article_snippet: the meat was a win-win situation.'
article_snippet: Wolves and woolly mammoths co-existed for millennia, but only wolves survived in the end .
highlights_snippet: Dr Pat Shipman said we paired up with wolves in symbiotic partnership .
  
highlights_snippet: wolves cornered prey and humans made the kill, sharing meat afterwards .
  