Big, brutish and stupid - it's a commonly held view that our prehistoric predecessors were as wild and unsophisticated as the animals they hunted. But Neanderthal man was not as slow-witted as he looked and was in reality as smart as we are, an archaeologist claims.They were actually innovators who used different forms of tools to adapt to the ecological challenges posed by harsh habitats as they spread through Europe. Although our ancestors have become the butt of jokes about people who are stupid or unenlightened, they were years ahead of their time.Dr Terry Hopkinson, of Leicester University, said Neanderthals were far from behaviourally static and incorporated different forms of tool construction into a single technique.

He said: "There has been a consensus that the modern human mind turned on like a light switch about 50,000 years ago, only in Africa."But the modern traits accompanying the change such as abstract art, the use of grindstones and elongated stone blades, and big-game hunting began to accumulate in Africa from 300,000 years ago.

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The title makes me laugh. It's not that the Neanderthals were ahead of its time, it's the scientists who theorized they were dumb as a post savages were wrong on that idea. Neanderthals were primitive, but probably had religion, values, and led a more tribal society, such as american Aboriginals or Mayans.

So maybe bigfoot is smarter than he looks too! thats why he hides from us all the time... He's smarter then your average primate.

He might also swipes picnic baskets too.

paleanthological discoveries proves thata neanderthal buried their dead, along with some leaves and stuff wich shows a ritual. Raw form of religion..one nonetheless.





Neantderthal coexisted for several thousands of years with Homo Sapiens. None of the two species had a more sohisticated culture than your two examples, in fact it was much lower in both case. The major difference was "art".



Neanderthal were rushed from the beginning of their existence, into a cold inhospitable environment. Even tho they were physicly specialised, they had very little time to do anything else than survive.
Our own ancestors came from warmer place, where food was more abondant. They had more ressources for crafting better tools. So when some of 'em went to north, they were already prepared for such climate.

Ya i wonder how long it will take us to kill and not care. Oh wait! we already do that, so i guess we just look better.
But they would so kick are ass in a fight.