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Originally Posted by Beebo Brink  They were an offshoot of our own hominid line, and there is still controversy over whether they can even be considered a separate species from homo sapiens. There is no scientific evidence to indicate that they were stupid. In fact based on brain to body ratios, they may even have been more intelligent than current homo sapiens. |
I disagreed only on your comment that they may have been more intelligent.
They weren't apes, but there's not much controversy over them belonging to a different species. Their DNA is very close to ours, but different enough to deserve separation.
And no, they weren't stupid, but their cultural development wasn't anywhere near that of
homo sapiens. While they may have had some form of rudimentary speech, their tribes were not organized as efficiently as ours (see my previous post) and this could well have been a major reason they became extinct in the face of climactic change and population pressure from
Cro Magnon.
EDIT: Since I didn't disagree with everything you posted, I also added an "Agree"
