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Just because Neanderthal is extinct does not mean he was dumber than us.

Where in the article did you find the assertion that the Neanderthal died out because he was "dumber than us"? While I'm sure that intelligence played a role in his demise, this article makes no such claim.

His brain was considerably larger than the brain of modern humans. They were probably more intelligent than humans.

Increased brain size does not necessarily lead to greater intellectual complexity. With a weight of 4500 grams, the brain of the elephant is 3000 grams larger than that of the human. Does this mean that an elephant is more intellectually capable than you or me?

They were the first humanoids to have burial rights. I hope they clone the Neanderthals. Mensa members would need to get jobs cleaning out the waste paper baskets of Neanderthals.

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I wasn't responding to the article.I was responding to the posts that stated the Neanderthals would be NFL players. Maybe you thought they were flattering the intelligence of the Neanderthal.

From Chimpanzees to humans bigger does mean better in terms of brains. It is lame of you to bring up species which are not closely related to humans. Both Neanderthals and humans developed bigger brains during ice ages. The Neanderthal developed a much bigger brain than humans because he lived in a colder environment than that of humans. To survive he had to be smarter.

Please google Neanderthals and burials you might learn something. While your ancestors left their dead relatives where ever they fell, Neanderthal tied his dead loved ones up in in a crouched position (the same position in which babies enter the world). Death for a Neanderthal was the return to the womb. This is very complicated thinking which some people even now days are incapable of grasping.I for one am very interested in knowing what the extra gray matter was capable of doing. I do not buy the B.S. that the extra gray matter of the Neanderthal was superfluous.

If it gets your goat to learn that man is not the top of the pyramid as far as brains ,maybe some humility is just what you need.