[after dark]

By recreating a Neanderthal we would be flying in the face evolution ,but it would be the only way to find out for certain if Neanderthal was intelligent or just another ape. If he turns out to be more intelligent than man, then intelligence is not the determining factor in survival. I suspect were we to recreate several Neanderthals we would end up like King Louie from the Disney movie Jungle Book saying to Neanderthal "I wanna be like you oo oo!".

[Coyoteman]

By recreating a Neanderthal we would be flying in the face evolution ,but it would be the only way to find out for certain if Neanderthal was intelligent or just another ape. If he turns out to be more intelligent than man, then intelligence is not the determining factor in survival.

Interesting problem. Assuming you could clone Neanderthal, you would not be able to recreate the Neanderthal culture, so you would not have a true picture.

Given the tool use and other traits, there is no question that Neanderthal was intelligent; the question is how intelligent. I posed a response above relating brain size to body size. Another factor in the equation is the wiring of the brain. We do not currently know if Neanderthal was wired in exactly the same way. A clone or the DNA itself could perhaps provide some of that information.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"By recreating a Neanderthal we would be flying in the face evolution..."

Not in any way would that be so.

"If he turns out to be more intelligent than man, then intelligence is not the determining factor in survival."

Who said it was?