Watch the film: “Decoding Neanderthals”

Compare (describe similarities) and contrast (describe differences) between Neandertals and modern Homo sapiens. How are Neandertals related to us? Discuss why Neandertals were different from modern Homo sapiens. Were Neandertals inferior to modern humans?

Neanderthal or Neandertal are both acceptable spellings. Species names should be written in appropriate binomial nomenclature, with the genus name capitalized, the species name not capitalized and both words in italics.