I read a short story about that very thing. It all started with a scientist cloning a Neanderthal, just as this article describes.
The idea in the story is that Neanderthals were much smarter than the Cro-Magnon men, but could could not survive the Ice Age due to their higher dietary requirements that came from being so large and muscular.
However, once Neanderthals were introducted into modern society with little resource scarcity, they started outcompeting modern man, taking all the best university slots, etc. The story was leading to another confrontation between us and them, and the Neanderthals intended to win this time.
cool! where did you read that?
I read a short story about that very thing. It all started with a scientist cloning a Neanderthal, just as this article describes.
Most scientists agree that Neanderthals were dumber than we are. Their tool set remained unchanged over the 200,000 Plus years they were on earth. They never learned to throw their spears and they never invented the bow. They used their spears as stabbing weapons as evidenced by the many injuries evident by breaks to the bones of the fossils that have been found, breaks obviously caused by trying to kill large animals while in close proximity to them. All of this speaks of a limited intelligence.