Scientists Got Neanderthal BRAINS Completely Wrong

Scientists Got Neanderthal BRAINS Completely Wrong

Human Migrations
Human Migrations
Jun 10, 2026

What if one of the great scientific “discoveries” about Neanderthals was not a discovery at all, but a return to an older prejudice dressed up in modern language? What if the story that Neanderthals vanished because their brains were inferior was never really proven, never really measured in a fair way, and never really separated from the deep old habit of imagining them as almost human, but not quite human enough? That is the uncomfortable question now sitting behind a new paper on Neanderthal brains, because the most startling thing about its conclusion is not that it is radical. It is that it should not be startling at all.

SOURCES:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeolo...

https://www.discovermagazine.com/nean...

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