We Underestimated the Neanderthal (opens in new tab)

The New York Times, January 25, 2026 (with Michael Barbaro, Luke Vander Ploeg, Alex Barron, Tina Antolini, Franz Lidz, Wendy Dorr, Efim Shapiro, Daniel Powell) Link Pop culture has not been kind to the Neanderthal. In books, movies and even TV commercials, the species is portrayed as rough and mindless, a brutish type that was […]