I AM a Neanderthal. Seriously. Neanderthals are modern humans. And I've seen the illustrations of what they were supposed to look like. For some reason, people imagine the GEICO caveman, who looks much more like Australian Aboriginees with a heavy brow. In reality, the Neanderthals were intelligent Europeans with red hair, freckles, pale skin. OK, this kid's a little on the ugly side and I kept my hair better (and I think this picture is supposed to be of a girl), but there was a serious resemblance between she and I. And I have ancestors from where she's from not very far back at all:
