donald trump is proof that neanderthals are still alive

It's kind of a non-starter, isn't it? There were never going to be two members of the homo genus around for long. There is evidence we (Cro-Magnons) bred with Neanderthals, despite a pretty small window where the two groups existed in the same place at the same time. We are just the next step up that evolutionary ladder.

It's likely Neanderthals did have some form of superstition, though it's obviously all lost. I wonder how we'll be remembered in as much time? Our brains are smaller than the Neanderthals, and the primary indicator of intelligence in primates is brain size. That's counter-balanced by how much more efficient our brains are at receiving blood flow.

Would be interesting to see. Sadly, I'll be floating in my lazy marinara river eating noodles with the Flying Spaghetti Monster. R'amen.

Quite a lot of modern DNA originated with the Neanderthals, you could therefore say that they did not go extinct, but merely merged with modern humans, who then kept the best bits while the rest faded away.

The article got me thinking about how much theology would be different if Neanderthals were still around.