few really beat-up Neanderthals are hard to explain without something like this. The dreadful head injury suffered by the Saint-Césaire woman would probably have caused confusion and certainly massive blood loss, and she must have been helped at least temporarily. Similarly, Shanidar 3 might have been lucky and avoided a collapsed lung after their chest was stabbed, but they may have struggled with breathing and walking. They hung on for more than two weeks before death, and given the increased calorie needs of Neanderthal bodies, this seems a long time to survive if nobody was bringing them
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