(March 14, 2015 at 10:11 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Although the Neanderthals had a large brain, the also had overlarge sensory lobes, specifically visual and olfactory lobes. I do believe they had some elements of culture, but things like missing organized agriculture or staying with the same primitive design for their toolkits even as archaic H. Sapiens was designing more and better tools lead me to think that there's a kernel of truth to the stereotype we hold of them.
I heard the problem was not their brains, which were bigger than ours, but other parts of their bodies: specifically, shoulder joints with a very poor range of motion, and possibly problems with overheating in warmer climes.
