Can i replace util.inherits with es6's extend keyword?

I am trying to transform some es5 code to es6 and I stumbled upon the following code and I am wondering if I could replace the util.inherits with the extends keyword for classes. I am a bit confused if they do the same thing.

ES5

var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
var util = require('util');

function TheEmitter() {
    EventEmitter.call(this);
}
util.inherits(TheEmitter, EventEmitter);

ES6

const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;

class TheEmitter extends EventEmitter {
   ...
}

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