Neanderthals had organizing skills, language and care for each other. They not only co-existed with homo sapien sapien, both may have shared a common ancestor, possibly homo antecessor or homo heidelbergensis.

Since the Neanderthals diet consisted primarily of animal protein, they had to be the hunter-predators of the pre-human species. They developed finely-shaped, razor-sharp stone tools and the injuries shown in fossil remains indicate not only close-in, tribal (organized) hunts, but also their care for those injured in such hunts.

But did any of those traits continue in modern man--genetically. We don't know. So far, most scientists say NO. And yet there is the skull of the boy that shows a blending of outward characteristics.

My point is that to label Homo Sapien Sapien as primarily preditory, genetically, may be wrong.

Homo Sapiens is an omnivore; he is built to eat whatever he can find. If we look at the diet of chimps, then I would say our diet should probably contain more plant material than meat.

I don't know how closely Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens were genetically since different studies have yelded different results.


I don't know if they could interbreed, and if they could, that the resulting offspring would be fertile and therefore able to pass on the hybrid DNA.

Man is more like a parasite or a virus in his modern technological form, than a predator. A predator has limits to what he can kill, while a virus often reproduces and uses the resources of the host, until the host dies.