They were likely smart enough to live and thrive alone or in small familial groups which unfortunately left them vulnerable to being killed off by the larger tribes of homosapiens that came along.
“They were likely smart enough to live and thrive alone or in small familial groups which unfortunately left them vulnerable to being killed off by the larger tribes of homosapiens that came along.”
There’s really no evidence they were killed off. It’s just as likely that they simply “inter-married” with the more numerous homo sapien sapeins until they ceased to exist as a separate people.
They were bigger, stronger, and perhaps smarter. Sounds like good breeding stock, to me.