i saw the same thinking about a year or so ago..
i have no doubts that they did.
I am in no way, trying to be mean, but i have a friend that almost looks like the neanderthals you see on TV, the very heavy eye brows, kinda like a thicker front skull, he is very smart guy(and can spell much better then i can)
even in high school people used to tease him about being a cave man, But really it does make you wonder if the old blood is still not running around in us.
I really enjoyed reading the "Clan of the Cave Bear" series, and it was written based on the premise that "humans" interbred with Neaderthals - it does make complete sense to me!
And I don't see where the article is making fun of anyone.
My title thread was in jest, referring to all those that we have called Neanderthal over the years, generally, very ignorant and mean men who ACT like cavemen. There are lots of them out there, and that I'm not joking about!