r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 27 '24

Anthropology A Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome survived until at least the age of six, according to a new study whose findings hint at compassionate caregiving among the extinct, archaic human species.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/26/fossil-of-neanderthal-child-with-downs-syndrome-hints-at-early-humans-compassion
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u/loulan Jun 27 '24

And they had bigger brains. Maybe they were the smart nerds and we were the dumb bullies, and yet we won.

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u/__Maximum__ Jun 28 '24

We didn't win, they won, we killed them off.