Chapter 12 begins with Kolbert visiting a valley in Germany called Das Neanderthal. On her journey here she examines the history and the truth behind the extinction of the Neanderthals. Many theories belief that they died off due to climate, or the establishment and interference with homosapiens. One of these inferences were interbreeding which was hypothesized due to similar DNA. This leads on into the theme of science being a process and it continues the change and build as life goes on and as new life is discovered. This can be shown in new life being created and having exponential growth on what is now the world. The interbreeding between different species may have been something needed in order for life to carry on into the new world.
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