What Really Happened??

okay, so my humanities class right now is reading the book "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond (it's a novel not a short story but there's not an underline button). it talks about why and how different continents developed at different rates. We were given this question from the book to use the information we knew and to answer the question: What happened to the Neanderthals after the Cro-Magnan appeared? well, this is my story...

Once upon a time there lived a peaceful almost-humann form: the Neanderthals. They lived in Europe and thrived there for hundreds of thousands of years. Nothing was their predator thus they lived in harmony with themselves and nature. Of course they did hunt, but only the animals that were not harmful and were easy to catch, not needing heavy-duty weapons. All was well until one day a new life form was sighted: the Cro-Magnan. The Neanderthals didn't know what to make of this new kind. They looked like them, but they were still very different. The Neanderthals didn't think they had anything to worry about though, since nothing had been their predator the whole time they lived in Europe.

One day, a Cro-Magnan approached the Neanderthal camp. Keep in mind, the Neandrothals had large brains and liked life and things the way they were, they liked peace and harmony, not violence. Well, the Neanderthals were curious and stared and studied not expecting a thing in the world. The two worlds stared at each other, then "shwooot!" a spear had pierced the head of the "chief" Neanderthal. This caused chaos and fear. Never before had the Neanderthals feared anything. They paniced, yet everyday more and more of them disappeared. Was it because of the Cro-Magnan's more advanced tools? Was it because the Neanderthals were so peaceful and totally unexpecting the feud between the two tribes? I'll let you decide.

The years passed on of the domination of the Cro-Magnan's and the steady decline of the Neanderthals. Well, there large brains did turn out to be of good use. It finally came to the Neandethals that if they kept on like this, they wouldn't survive and they didn't want to give up their high-ranking position. These "people" were dangerous and wouldn't stop until they were all killed, so they had a plan: they had to befriend their enemies; keep your friends close and your enemies closer...something to that effect. One day, a little Neanderthal girl walked away from camp, wanting to explore and find adventure. Eventually though, she lost her way. She looked around until she saw smoke rising through the air; that had to be her camp, there were no other colonizations in the area...or so she thougsht. It so happened that this camp was of the Cro-Magnans. As she entered the camp, she knew it wasn't right. She turned back, but felt a tap on her soldier. She turned around to find another young girl about her size standing right there in front of her. They stood staring, and before they knew it they were playing and laughing and having a good time.

It was a couple hours until the Neanderthals knew they were missing someone. When they figured it out they were very angry and they went to the camp. The Cro-Magnans didn't know what was going on until practically all of the Neanderthals stood at the front of thier camp. They stared, wondering who was going to start the blood shed. A Cro-Magnan raised a spear, when a sudden burst of laughter filled the air. The two new friends came running out from behing a teepee holding hands and giggling. The two colonies were stunned. Absolute shock filled them. They lowered their spears and weapons, knowing thye couldn't hurt the other with the two children being friends.

After a while, the Neaderthals and the Cro-Magnan became friends not foes, all because of the two children. They then began to mate with each other, and befoer they knew it the two colonies were combined. So, the Neanderthals didn't disappear after all, they just adapted and did what they had to do to stay alive and still thrive. The new colony lived happily ever after.

The End