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What does the evidence from Spain indicate regarding the Neandertals?

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(Q001) Watch the video "Did Climate Change Threaten Neanderthals?"
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 and answer the question that follows.
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What does the evidence from Spain indicate regarding the Neandertals?

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The prompt asks us to explain the reasoning for a multiple-choice question, but the provided data shows that the answer options list is empty, which means there are no alternative choices to evaluate.

Question restatement: The task presents a video titled 'Did Climate Change Threaten Neanderthals?' and asks: What does the evidence from Spain indicate regarding the Neandertals?

Available answer information: The dataset provides a single answer option: 'Neandertals engaged in cannibalism.' but there are no other answer options to compare or contrast this claim with.

Since there are no alternative choices to examine, we cannot perform a standard option-by-option analysis. However, we can reason about the provided claim in the context of known paleoanthropological debates.

- If the claim is that Neandertals engaged in cannibalism according to Spanish sites: This is a hypothesis supported by some archaeological findings in Spain (for example, site-level evidence at certain Neanderthal-associated assemblages has been interpreted by some researchers as possible cannibalism or dietary practices with marks on bones similar to but not conclusively different from carnivore damage). The reasoning would be that archaeozoological and taphonomic analyses (bone surface modifications, cut marks, breakage patterns) could be interpreted as cannibalism in some contexts, though interpretations can be contested and alternative explanations exist (such as ritual processing, secondary discard, or non-cannibal but carnivore-related bone modification).

- Why this claim could be seen as plausible: If Spanish Neanderthal sites show cut marks, human tooth marks, or bone breakage consistent with tool processing of hominin remains, it could be interpreted as cannibalism or mortuary practices involving humans. This aligns with broader discussions about Neanderthal behavior, subsistence, and intergroup dynamics during climate fluctuations.

- Why this claim could be contested: Not all bone modifications are definitive proof of cannibalism; some marks might result from carnivore activity, trampling, or other non-human processes. Moreover, complementary evidence (context, dating, associated artifacts) must support a cannibalism interpretation; without robust, reproducible evidence across multiple sites, the claim remains debated.

- If the video argues that climate change affected Neanderthals and Spain provides specific evidence, the reasoning would connect environmental stress to behavioral adaptations or resource exploitation, including possible cannibalism in extreme scenarios. Critics would stress the need for careful taphonomic analysis and avoidance of overgeneralizing from limited sites.

Limitations due to missing options: Because there are no other answer choices to contrast against the single option, we cannot address common distractors or explain why they are incorrect. In a complete item, one would weigh multiple statements (e.g., 'Neandertals migrated to refugia,' 'Spain shows evidence of intergroup conflict,' 'Spain shows no evidence of cannibalism') and explain why each is right or wrong.

Bottom line: With only the single provided option, the reasoning centers on how evidence from Spain could be interpreted to suggest cannibalism, while acknowledging that such an interpretation depends on careful, consensus-driven taphonomic analysis and is not universally agreed upon across all scholars. If more options were provided, a fuller analysis would compare the Cannibalism interpretation to alternative explanations and clearly justify which option best reflects the evidence.

ANTH-101-03 CH 12 VIDEO EXERCISE: Did Climate Change Threaten Neanderthals?

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