This a bit short sighted (both the view that Neanderthals are primitive troglodytes and also that that are sophisticated) as all (or nearly all? I'm not 100% su

This a bit short sighted (both the view that Neanderthals are primitive troglodytes and also that that are sophisticated) as all (or nearly all? I'm not 100% sure here) human populations show evidence of admixture with other hominids. Whether or not that's a _good_ thing largely has to do with being able to understand the genes we received. We're not quite there yet, but research keeps advancing.