The Neanderthals lived hundreds of thousands of years longer than the entire existence of homo sapien. Their peak technological development was stone age, which

The Neanderthals lived hundreds of thousands of years longer than the entire existence of homo sapien. Their peak technological development was stone age, which sounds even nicer than what it is. Pound two rocks together, notice sharp pieces fall off, use them -> you're now in the stone age. And, contrary to misinformation driven by mass media - there is no clear evidence they engaged in any form of art, adornment, or generally symbolic behavior. [1] Extremely high rates of traumatic injury among the discovered remains also implies that in their hundreds of thousands of years of existence they failed to even refine their hunting technique. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal#Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal#Culture