Apes and humans are completely different species and the Neantherdal skulls are definitely more apelike.
Assuming he’s correct, I wouldn’t mind seeing his work on Cro-magnan skulls to see what they look like without anthropomorphism.
There are racial differences in hat size. White folks, in general, don't have the biggest hat sizes BTW.
The Smithsonian in DC had a display with a female in it. As an old sailor we got into a discussion would she be acceptable at 0200 after 10 beers. The answer was yes. I am not surprised that there is some of their DNA in us. Our ancestors were pretty lusty, all in all.