how neanderthals met their demise remains a long standing mystery for historians . one theory is that early modern humans ` bullied ' their neanderthal cousins to the point of extinction because they had better tools to survive . a texas state trooper who did what millions of hip-hop fans would love to do and posed for a picture with snoop dogg was told he has '' deficiencies indicating need for counseling ' . department of public safety trooper billy spears posed for the photograph with snoop at south by southwest in austin after the rap icon delivered his keynote speech . spears , who is based out of the state 's gilmer office , posed for the photo at the rapper 's request . but a new study of ancient stone tools contradicts this theory by suggesting human weapons were no better than those created by neanderthals . the researchers studied stone tools that were used by people in the early ahmarian culture and the protoaurignacian culture , living in south and west europe and west asia around 40,000 years ago . they found the human tools -lrb- pictured -rrb- were no more effective than neanderthal-created tools of the same era . researchers say the discovery means we may need to rethink the reasons humans survived neanderthals - and that we may not have behaved as differently as we thought . traditionally , scientists believed that innovation in weapons enabled humans to spread out of africa to europe . scroll down for video . department of public safety trooper billy spears -lrb- left -rrb- was disciplined last week for posing with snoop dogg . snoop requested the photo at south by southwest in austin after the rap icon delivered his keynote speech . but the new study by nagoya university and the university of tokyo in japan argues neanderthals were just as well-equipped as their human counterparts . ` we 're not so special , i do n't think we survived neanderthals simply because of technological competence , ' said dr seiji kadowaki , first author of the study from nagoya university , japan . on the left is a map of the levant showing the locations of the early ahmarian-related sites analysed in this study . neanderthals -lrb- reconstruction right -rrb- may not have been as dim-witted as first believe , claims the study . the early ahmarian culture used small stone points as tips for hunting weapons like throwing spears . researchers previously considered these to be an important innovation - one that helped the humans migrate from west asia to europe , where neanderthals were living . early modern humans expanded the geographic area they inhabited out of africa during a period of time 55,000-40 ,000 years ago . the researchers studied stone tools that were used by people in the early ahmarian culture and the protoaurignacian culture , living in south and west europe and west asia around 40,000 years ago . they used small stone points as tips for hunting weapons like throwing spears . researchers previously considered these to be an important innovation - one that helped the humans migrate from west asia to europe , where neanderthals were living . they are often depicted as dim-witted evolutionary losers , but neanderthals were not driven to extinction by their lack of brains . . instead , it is more likely that they disappeared 40,000 years ago because of interbreeding and assimilation with our early modern human ancestors , scientists believe . an analysis of archaeological evidence dating back 200,000 years strips away some of the myths surrounding neanderthals and reveals they were more advanced and sophisticated than has widely been thought . spears ' bosses called snoop a figure who has a ` criminal background including numerous drug charges ' after his publicist took the photo , snoop - whose real name is calvin broadus - posted it to instagram with the caption : ` me n my deputy dogg ' . spears ' bosses at dps saw the posting and then cited him , according to the dallas morning news . the official reprimand read : ` while working a secondary employment job , trooper spears took a photo with a public figure who has a well-known criminal background including numerous drug charges . ` the public figure posted the photo on social media and it reflects poorly on the agency . ' many researchers believe the differences between the two human species are not enough on their own to account for the demise of the neanderthals . neanderthals have been found to make stone tools and even made jewellery . eight talons taken from a white-tailed eagle found at neanderthal site in krapina in croatia were used to create a necklace or bracelet 130,000 years ago . however , the new research reveals a timeline that does n't support this theory . if the innovation had led to the migration , evidence would show the stone points moving in the same direction as the humans . but the study showed the possibility that the stone points appeared in europe 3,000 years earlier than in the levant , a historical area in west asia . ` we looked at the basic timeline revealed by similar stone points , and it shows that humans were using them in europe before they appeared in the levant - the opposite of what we 'd expect if the innovation had led to the humans ' migration from africa to europe , ' said dr kadowaki . the counseling advised spears to say no when people ask for a picture with him . snoop has convictions for drug possession and stood trial for murder in 1993 before being acquitted . since spears was only reprimanded with counseling , dps does not view the penalty as a formal disciplinary action and the trooper can not appeal . dps spokesman tom vinger said on wednesday : ` dps does not typically discuss or release specifics of personnel issues unless they result in disciplinary action as outlined in government code 411.00755 and 411.0072 . ` supervisors counsel and coach employees on a regular basis , and these efforts do not constitute formal discipline by the department . ' ` our new findings mean that the research community now needs to reconsider the assumption that our ancestors moved to europe and succeeded where neanderthals failed because of cultural and technological innovations brought from africa or west asia . ' they believe the timings imply several new scenarios about the migration of modern humans into europe . for example , they are likely to have migrated to europe much earlier , and developed the tools there . ` we 're very excited about our new model . we think the causes of human evolution are more complicated than just being about technology . ` now that we 've re-examined the traditional model about the northern migration route to europe , we are planning to re-evaluate the model on the southern migration route - from east africa to south asia ' said dr kadowaki . the counseling advised spears to say no when people ask for a picture with him but that 's about it . attorney ty clevenger is representing spears and covering the case on his blog . he wrote : ` dps claims that the counseling forms are not really discipline , therefore the employee has no right to appeal . ` yet those counseling incidents can block a trooper 's chances for promotion or advancement . ` so it appears that dps commanders are papering billy 's file with counseling incidents because they ca n't prove that he violated any law , order , or policy , and they know that he will beat them with the law and the facts if he is given an opportunity to appeal . ' clevenger is calling public attention to the situation and has written letters to officials at dps . it seems the department of public safety has a problem with snoop but austin police seem okay with him .
japanese researchers studied ancient stone weapons created by humans . they were no more effective than neanderthal-created tools of same era . suggests humans and neanderthals may not have behaved that differently . contradicts theory that human hunting led to the demise of neanderthals .
of public safety trooper billy spears -lrb- left -rrb- was disciplined last week for posing with snoop dogg . snoop requested the photo at south by southwest in austin after the rap icon delivered his keynote speech . but the new study by nagoya university and the university of tokyo in japan argues neanderthals were just as well-equipped as their human counterparts . ` we 're not so special , i do n't think we survived neanderthals simply because of technological competence , ' said dr seiji kadowaki , first author of the study from nagoya university , japan . on the left is a map of the levant showing the locations of the early ahmarian-related sites analysed in this study . neanderthals -lrb- reconstruction right -rrb- may not have been as dim-witted as first believe , claims the study . the early ahmarian culture used small stone points as tips for hunting weapons like throwing spears . researchers previously considered these to be an important innovation - one that helped the humans migrate from west asia to europe , where neanderthals were living . early modern humans expanded the geographic area they inhabited out of africa during a period of time 55,000-40 ,000 years ago . the researchers studied stone tools that were used by people in the early ahmarian culture and the protoaurignacian culture , living in south and west europe and west asia around 40,000 years ago . they used small stone points as tips for hunting weapons like throwing spears . researchers previously considered these to be an important innovation - one that helped the humans migrate from west asia to europe , where neanderthals were living . they are often depicted as dim-witted evolutionary losers , but neanderthals were not driven to extinction by their lack of brains . . instead , it is more likely that they disappeared 40,000 years ago because of interbreeding and assimilation with our early modern human ancestors , scientists believe . an analysis of archaeological evidence dating back 200,000 years strips away some of the myths surrounding neanderthals and reveals they were more advanced and sophisticated than has widely been thought . spears ' bosses called snoop a figure who has a ` criminal background including numerous drug charges ' after his publicist took the photo , snoop - whose real name is calvin broadus - posted it to instagram with the caption : ` me n my deputy dogg ' . spears ' bosses at dps saw the posting and then cited him , according to the dallas morning news . the official reprimand read : ` while working a secondary employment job , trooper spears took a photo with a public figure who has a well-known criminal background including numerous drug charges . ` the public figure posted the photo on social media and it reflects poorly on the agency . ' many researchers believe the differences between the two human species are not enough on their own to account for the demise of the neanderthals . neanderthals have been found to make stone tools and even made jewellery . eight talons taken from a white-tailed eagle found at neanderthal site in krapina in croatia were used to create a necklace or bracelet 130,000 years ago . however , the new research reveals a timeline that does n't support this theory . if the innovation had led to the migration , evidence would show the stone points moving in the same direction as the humans . but the study showed the possibility that the stone points appeared in europe 3,000 years earlier than in the levant , a historical area in west asia . ` we looked at the basic timeline revealed by similar stone points , and it shows that humans were using them in europe before they appeared in the levant - the opposite of what we 'd expect if the innovation had led to the humans ' migration from africa to europe , ' said dr kadowaki . the counseling advised spears to say no when people ask for a picture with him . snoop has convictions for drug possession and stood trial for murder in 1993 before being acquitted . since spears was only reprimanded with counseling , dps does not view the penalty as a formal disciplinary action and the trooper can not appeal . dps spokesman tom vinger said on wednesday : ` dps does not typically discuss or release specifics of personnel issues unless they result in disciplinary action as outlined in government code 411.00755 and 411.0072 . ` supervisors counsel and coach employees on a regular basis , and these efforts do not constitute formal discipline by the department . ' ` our new findings mean that the research community now needs to reconsider the assumption that our ancestors moved to europe and succeeded where neanderthals failed because of cultural and technological innovations brought from africa or west asia . ' they believe the timings imply several new scenarios about the migration of modern humans into europe . for example , they are likely to have migrated to europe much earlier , and developed the tools there . ` we 're very excited about our new model . we think the causes of human evolution are more complicated than just being about technology . ` now that we 've re-examined the traditional model about the northern migration route to europe , we are planning to re-evaluate the model on the southern migration route - from east africa to south asia ' said dr kadowaki . the counseling advised spears to say no when people ask for a picture with him but that 's about it . attorney ty clevenger is representing spears and covering the case on his blog . he wrote : ` dps claims that the counseling forms are not really discipline , therefore the employee has no right to appeal . ` yet those counseling incidents can block a trooper 's chances for promotion or advancement . ` so it appears that dps commanders are papering billy 's file with
study of ancient stone tools contradicts this theory by suggesting human weapons were no better than those created by neanderthals . the researchers studied stone tools that were used by people in the early ahmarian culture and the protoaurignacian culture , living in south and west europe and west asia around 40,000 years ago . they found the human tools -lrb- pictured -rrb- were no more effective than neanderthal-created tools of the same era . researchers say the discovery means we may need to rethink the reasons humans survived neanderthals - and that we may not have behaved as differently as we thought . traditionally , scientists believed that innovation in weapons enabled humans to spread out of africa to europe . scroll down for video . department of public safety trooper billy spears -lrb- left -rrb- was disciplined last week for posing with snoop dogg . snoop requested the photo at south by southwest in austin after the rap icon delivered his keynote speech . but the new study by nagoya university and the university of tokyo in japan argues neanderthals were just as well-equipped as their human counterparts . ` we 're not so special , i do n't think we survived neanderthals simply because of technological competence , ' said dr seiji kadowaki , first author of the study from nagoya university , japan . on the left is a map of the levant showing the locations of the early ahmarian-related sites analysed in this study . neanderthals -lrb- reconstruction right -rrb- may not have been as dim-witted as first believe , claims the study . the early ahmarian culture used small stone points as tips for hunting weapons like throwing spears . researchers previously considered these to be an important innovation - one that helped the humans migrate from west asia to europe , where neanderthals were living . early modern humans expanded the geographic area they inhabited out of africa during a period of time 55,000-40 ,000 years ago . the researchers studied stone tools that were used by people in the early ahmarian culture and the protoaurignacian culture , living in south and west europe and west asia around 40,000 years ago . they used small stone points as tips for hunting weapons like throwing spears . researchers previously considered these to be an important innovation - one that helped the humans migrate from west asia to europe , where neanderthals were living . they are often depicted as dim-witted evolutionary losers , but neanderthals were not driven to extinction by their lack of brains . . instead , it is more likely that they disappeared 40,000 years ago because of interbreeding and assimilation with our early modern human ancestors , scientists believe . an analysis of archaeological evidence dating back 200,000 years strips away some of the myths surrounding neanderthals and reveals they were more advanced and sophisticated than has widely been thought . spears ' bosses called snoop a figure who has a ` criminal background including numerous drug charges ' after his publicist been found to make stone tools and even made jewellery . eight talons taken from a white-tailed eagle found at neanderthal site in krapina in croatia were used to create a necklace or bracelet 130,000 years ago . however , the new research reveals a timeline that does n't support this theory . if the innovation had led to the migration , evidence would show the stone points moving in the same direction as the humans . but the study showed the possibility that the stone points appeared in europe 3,000 years earlier than in the levant , a historical area in west asia . ` we looked at the basic timeline revealed by similar stone points , and it shows that humans were using them in europe before they appeared in the levant - the opposite of what we 'd expect if the innovation had led to the humans ' migration from africa to europe , ' said dr kadowaki . the counseling advised spears to say no when people ask for a picture with him . snoop has convictions for drug possession and stood trial for murder in 1993 before being acquitted . since spears was only reprimanded with counseling , dps does not view the penalty as a formal disciplinary action and the trooper can not appeal . dps spokesman tom vinger said on wednesday : ` dps does not typically discuss or release specifics of personnel issues unless they result in disciplinary action as outlined in government code 411.00755 and 411.0072 . ` supervisors counsel and coach employees on a regular basis , and these efforts do not constitute formal discipline by the department . ' ` our new findings mean that the research community now needs to reconsider the assumption that our ancestors moved to europe and succeeded where neanderthals failed because of cultural and technological innovations brought from africa or west asia . ' they believe the timings imply several new scenarios about the migration of modern humans into europe . for example , they are likely to have migrated to europe much earlier , and developed the tools there . ` we 're very excited about our new model . we think the causes of human evolution are more complicated than just being about technology . ` now that we 've re-examined the traditional model about the northern migration route to europe , we are planning to re-evaluate the model on the southern migration route - from east africa to south asia ' said dr kadowaki . the counseling advised spears to say no when people ask for a picture with him but that 's about it . attorney ty clevenger is representing spears and covering the case on his blog . he wrote : ` dps claims that the counseling forms are not really discipline , therefore the employee has no right to appeal . ` yet those counseling incidents can block a trooper 's chances for promotion or advancement . ` so it appears that dps commanders are papering billy 's file with
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of public safety trooper billy spears -lrb- left -rrb- was disciplined last week for posing with snoop dogg . snoop requested the photo at south by southwest in austin after the rap icon delivered his keynote speech . but the new study by nagoya university and the university of tokyo in japan argues neanderthals were just as well-equipped as their human counterparts . ` we 're not so special , i do n't think we survived neanderthals simply because of technological competence , ' said dr seiji kadowaki , first author of the study from nagoya university , japan . on the left is a map of the levant showing the locations of the early ahmarian-related sites analysed in this study . neanderthals -lrb- reconstruction right -rrb- may not have been as dim-witted as first believe , claims the study . the early ahmarian culture used small stone points as tips for hunting weapons like throwing spears . researchers previously considered these to be an important innovation - one that helped the humans migrate from west asia to europe , where neanderthals were living . early modern humans expanded the geographic area they inhabited out of africa during a period of time 55,000-40 ,000 years ago . the researchers studied stone tools that were used by people in the early ahmarian culture and the protoaurignacian culture , living in south and west europe and west asia around 40,000 years ago . they used small stone points as tips for hunting weapons like throwing spears . researchers been found to make stone tools and even made jewellery . eight talons taken from a white-tailed eagle found at neanderthal site in krapina in croatia were used to create a necklace or bracelet 130,000 years ago . however , the new research reveals a timeline that does n't support this theory . if the innovation had led to the migration , evidence would show the stone points moving in the same direction as the humans . but the study showed the possibility that the stone points appeared in europe 3,000 years earlier than in the levant , a historical area in west asia . ` we looked at the basic timeline revealed by similar stone points , and it shows that humans were using them in europe before they appeared in the levant - the opposite of what we 'd expect if the innovation had led to the humans ' migration from africa to europe , ' said dr kadowaki . the counseling advised spears to say no when people ask for a picture with him . snoop has convictions for drug possession and stood trial for murder in 1993 before being acquitted . since spears was only reprimanded with counseling , dps does not view the penalty as a formal disciplinary action and the trooper can not appeal . dps spokesman tom vinger said on wednesday : ` dps does not typically discuss or release specifics of personnel issues unless they result in disciplinary action as outlined in government code 411.00755 and 411.0072 . ` supervisors counsel and coach employees on a regular basis , and these efforts do not constitute formal discipline by the department . ' ` our new findings mean that the research community now needs to reconsider the assumption that our ancestors moved to europe and succeeded where neanderthals failed because of cultural and technological innovations brought from africa or west asia . ' they believe the timings imply several new scenarios about the migration of modern humans into europe . for example , they are likely to have migrated to europe much earlier , and developed the tools there . ` we 're very excited about our new model . we think the causes of human evolution are more complicated than just being about technology . ` now that we 've re-examined the traditional model about the northern migration route to europe , we are planning to re-evaluate the model on the southern migration route - from east africa to south asia ' said dr kadowaki . the counseling advised spears to say no when people ask for a picture with him but that 's about it . attorney ty clevenger is representing spears and covering the case on his blog . he wrote : ` dps claims that the counseling forms are not really discipline , therefore the employee has no right to appeal . ` yet those counseling incidents can block a trooper 's chances for promotion or advancement . ` so it appears that dps commanders are papering billy 's file with
 The text appears to be discussing the topic of human migration and cultural exchange between Africa, Asia, and Europe. It highlights the importance of understanding the historical context of these migrations and exchanges, which have shaped the modern world. The author emphasizes that these interactions were not limited to trade or conquest but also involved the transfer of ideas, cultures, and technologies. The text also touches upon the theme of innovation and how it has been driven by the need to adapt to new environments and circumstances. Additionally, it mentions the role of scholars and researchers in uncovering the complexities of these historical processes.