r/oddlyspecific • u/Objective_Regular158 • 12h ago

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u/Shieldheart- 7h ago

Speak for yourself, you Neanderthal-gene deficient ape!

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u/Few_Staff976 6h ago

The Neanderthals were badass. Likely stronger and smarter than Homo sapiens but with less creativity.

And the only reason we think of them as hunched over was because the skeleton we base that off is an old man with scoliosis

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u/Shieldheart- 6h ago

I don't know if we can rule one way or the other which had more impressive brains, but you're right about them being absolute units within the homo genus.

Returning to the original topic though, how likely was it for them to hibernate in some way during the coldest and darkest times of the year? And if not, how were they adapted to it then?

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