Unfortunately, anthropological "hierarchalism" driven by race-conscious notions of personhood has made these regular reminders necessary. We still haven't compl

Unfortunately, anthropological "hierarchalism" driven by race-conscious notions of personhood has made these regular reminders necessary. We still haven't completely shed the unscientific caricatures of neanderthals that were constructed for sociopolitical purposes (and before it was discovered that most of Europe and Asia [and possibly the rest of humanity] is partially descended from them).