Dogs bred from wolves helped humans take over from Neanderthal rivals in Europe 40,000 years ago

UK Daily Mail ^ | March 1, 2015 | Dan Bloom

[central_va]

Cats keep your cave from being rat infested.

[Thom Pain]

article seems to imply that they used the wolf/dogs to hunt down the Neanderthals.

[libstripper]

You must be nothing but a cat person. Fie on you!

[riverrunner]

Own dogs no cats my dogs are dogs they don’t own me.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Humans paired up with dogs as early as 40,000 BC, it is claimed, giving us such an advantage in hunting that it prompted the wipeout of our Neanderthal rivals.

The first premise: Dogs paired up with modern man.
The second premise: (from the article) Dogs chased prey into the kill area of modern man.
The conclusion: The dog-modern man association wiped out Neanderthals.

Missing is the logical step in the argument how this would be true. It's not in the story.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 3/01/2015. Thanks C19fan.