[luvbach1]

...found that our ancestors [referring to Neanderthals] were skilled engineers.

Neanderthals were not Homo Sapiens (our species), Cro-Magnons were, thus the latter were our ancestors and not the former.

[TigersEye]

You guys should have read the article before commenting.

"Three types of prehistoric hominin -including Neanderthals - could produce the flakes, which were manufactured across Euroepe, Western Asia and Africa as early as 300,000 years ago."

[PapaBear3625]

Neanderthals were not Homo Sapiens (our species), Cro-Magnons were, thus the latter were our ancestors and not the former.

Current genetic research indicates that Europeans had Neanderthals among their ancestors. In other words, Neanderthals interbred with the out-of-Africa CroMags to produce the non-African races of Man.