[muawiyah]

Having more and better memory is always good.

However, brain size does matter even today. Let's say you are born without a brain ~ your life expectancy is going to be pretty short. Or, you could be like Joe Biden and have brain surgery 3 times, and you'll pay for even the slightest disturbances ~ and we can see that almost every day recently. Guy is deteriorating before our eyes.

The point of this article is that Neanderthals did not die out ~ they were absorbed into our current genome.

[Vanders9]

Memory is great, but it is reasoning that sets us apart from the beasts. Sure brain size must be of some importance, but the link to intelligence is not a straightforward progression. As to Neanderthals being absorbed into our genome - well yes, it's a logical possibility, but saying it did happen is pure supposition on their part. 1% t 3% is hardly statistically significant, especially on a sample of exactly 8 people, two of whom didnt register anything.