Reevaluating Neanderthals: Beyond the Caveman Image

This chapter examines the evolving understanding of Neanderthals through a new film depiction, highlighting their sophisticated behaviors and abilities. It discusses their tool-making skills, hunting strategies, and potential for symbolic thought, challenging outdated perceptions of them as brutish. Recent discoveries, including cave art and burial practices, suggest that Neanderthals had cultural and cognitive complexities similar to those of modern humans.