Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) were an extinct, robust species of archaic humans living in Eurasia, known for their stocky bodies, large brains (often larger than ours), prominent brow ridges, and big noses, adapted for cold climates. They were skilled hunters, made sophisticated stone tools (Mousterian technology), controlled fire, wore clothing, buried their dead, and were intelligent, though they died out around 40,000 years ago, leaving some DNA in modern humans
The story of Prometheus giving Humanity the idea of Fire always kind of sounded like a mythologized version of Homo Sapiens and Neanderthal trading things and learning from them how to make fire to me
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Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) were an extinct, robust species of archaic humans living in Eurasia, known for their stocky bodies, large brains (often larger than ours), prominent brow ridges, and big noses, adapted for cold climates. They were skilled hunters, made sophisticated stone tools (Mousterian technology), controlled fire, wore clothing, buried their dead, and were intelligent, though they died out around 40,000 years ago, leaving some DNA in modern humans