It's fun to hear the suppositions behind your questions. I mean, we also say that modern humans have the same mental faculties as humans from 200,000 years ago.

It's fun to hear the suppositions behind your questions. I mean, we also say that modern humans have the same mental faculties as humans from 200,000 years ago. Neanderthals or homo sapiens, either way the science says we are no different than "cave men" (who probably did not predominantly live in caves). The whole concept of cave man - both neanderthal and sapiens such - is a sterotype, of course. I think Neanderthal genes are especially common if you have heritage from between east asia to europe - you share this with a lot of people.