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Arent Neanderthals less intelligent more primitive then Homo sapiens?
Nope. There's plenty of evidence of Neanderthal tool use, cave paintings and funeral rites - the same stuff as humans of the time. Whether they were noticeably dumber, as intelligent, or smarter than contemporary modern humans is anyone's guess with the amount of information we have. They weren't short either.
Even if they HAD been moronic troglodytes, interbreeding wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing in the long run. Natural selection favours good traits, so a troglodyte/human descendant would have Human Intelligence +1 and Troglodyte Strength +1, rather than Human Strength -1 and Troglodyte Intelligence -1.
And certainly, none of this is "More evolved"... Simply "better" would be a much more fitting word for what you're getting at.
Nope. There's plenty of evidence of Neanderthal tool use, cave paintings and funeral rites - the same stuff as humans of the time. Whether they were noticeably dumber, as intelligent, or smarter than contemporary modern humans is anyone's guess with the amount of information we have. They weren't short either.
Even if they HAD been moronic troglodytes, interbreeding wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing in the long run. Natural selection favours good traits, so a troglodyte/human descendant would have Human Intelligence +1 and Troglodyte Strength +1, rather than Human Strength -1 and Troglodyte Intelligence -1.
And certainly, none of this is "More evolved"... Simply "better" would be a much more fitting word for what you're getting at.
