We can make up stories to suit a particular narrative. Or look at the evidence dispassionately. Maybe its not in this article, but well documented that Neanderthals were cannibals.  Not tooth marks - butcher marks on the bone, a dozen individuals at one site that were related, all during a hard winter. Clearly an entire troupe of neighbors slaughtered for meat.<p>Then there are sites inhabited over decades by Human and Neanderthal in turn. That&#x27;s where its clear that at least some Neanderthal failed to adopt the better technology.