[BenLurkin]

It’s beginning to look as though they were superior to humans, until they were interbred out of existence.

They certainly had a larger volume brain case.

[patton]

Who says we are extinct? My redheaded kids are not extinct.

Sort of conservative, tho. Not sure that they believe in fire.

[varmintman]

Until very lately if somebody had ever asked me what Neanderthals looked like I'd have pointed them to Jay Matternes' reconstructions, but all of that has changed lately.

This is what Neanderthals actually looked like:

Image courtesy of www.themandus.org

Vendramini's website

I would say that some of our thinking on the subject of Neanderthals needs to change.....

[Jewbacca]

“It’s beginning to look as though they were superior to humans, until they were interbred out of existence.”

They did not specialize. Their women were almost as large as their men and (from the injuries) participated in hunting.

As a result, they had lower birth rates and lower survivability of children.