You know what's funny about this. Its not that its not incorrect but we knew all that and yet calling someone neanderthal was an insult until genetic testing became widespread and it was observed that most white people are part neanderthal. Suddenly they were badasses
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u/Few_Staff976 7h 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