The first folks to dig them up were of the impression they were human. Nice to know they still are.
Remember, they lived in Europe through several ice ages. They had to come up with biological and physical innovations to see them through safely (for 100,000 years at a clip).
For one thing they had to increase their birth rate ~ hence TWINS. With twins as a regular item, the females had to have FOUR milk giving breasts. To overcome the cold they needed additional fat padding.
So, I envision Neanderthal women as being rather like large beach balls with four breasts.
There may be some reasons here their mitochondrial DNA didn't get passed down to us.
—For one thing they had to increase their birth rate ~ hence TWINS. With twins as a regular item, the females had to have FOUR milk giving breasts. To overcome the cold they needed additional fat padding.—
Sorry, what? Neanderthal women didn’t have four breasts. There’s no claims of that anywhere that I can find. In fact, a google search for “neanderthal four breasts” returns your post as the first hit.
Where did you get this idea from?
Even if the Neanderthals were a subspecies of homo sapien, that doesn’t make them exactly “human”.
I hope you are kidding.