https://www.cambridge.org/core/services ... r_cave.pdf

New Neanderthal remains associated with the‘flowerburial’at Shanidar Cave



First articulated neanderthal remains found in over a decade in a site well known for apparent burial practices with remains showing both intra-specific violence and compassionate care of the sick, injured and elderly.

Lots of interesting elements in this paper but it's too late, so I am just dropping it here now to come back and look a bit deeper later.

getting to be a far cry from "hulking brutes" without culture.

How much will you bet that the cro magnon were VERY primitive when they exited africa and learned a lot of 'civilised' tricks from the Neanderthal they met?

However much you're prepared to lose.