Neanderthals never became extinct. They became the Scots!
......Neanderthals never became extinct......
More likely, they were excluded from the Ark.
My late husband was an American Scot. I always thought he showed definite signs of Neanderthal blood, and now the science is showing that he probably did. Red hair, pale blue eyes, pink, sun sensitive skin, faint brow ridges, weak chin, long torso, short legs, massive bones, hairy body, crystaline teeth, warrior temper and temperment.