In this excerpt from "Neanderthals Among Us," author Peter Sahlins looks at the way Neanderthal extinction theories are often engrained with our own societal fears.
Source: [Live Science](https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals/news-reports-tweaked-the-science-to-speak-to-contemporary-anxieties-how-neanderthal-extinction-is-a-projection-of-our-own-modern-fears)