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Could Neanderthals be described as "heroes of old, men of renown"?

• EdwardDiego 4y ago
  In my head canon, some Neanderthal managed to find acceptance in Homo sapiens societies through prodigious feats of strength or bravery. We know we interbred (although IIRC, DNA evidence suggests that mainly Neanderthal male and Homo sapiens female births were viable) And IIRC, Neanderthal were far stronger than us. Mind you, could be that they're where folk memory of dwarves arises, short, strong, like living underground. Maybe elves were Homo floriensis? I love speculating like this because it's entirely unprovable, much like evolutionary psychology.