Neanderthal

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==Summary==
The Neanderthals were an early species (or sub-species) of humans that lived during the Middle and Low Pleistocene in Europe and West-Asia until as recently as ~40,000 years ago.
Genetically, they are the closest relative to us of all the animal kingdom, even more than the Chimpanzee and other great apes, as a small percentage of their DNA is traceable in the Eurasian Homo Sapiens population, suggesting that our ancestors probably interbred with them.
They are the most known species of early humans with a high fossil record along with a variety of tools and bones from other animals they hunted.
Based on their image is also the stereotype of the brutish and dumb "cave-man", due to the interpretation of the Neanderthals during the 19th century, which to this day has been proven wrong and quite the opposite of the reality.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least to physically, with weapons
Name: Neanderthal, Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Neanderthal Man
Origin: The Real World
Gender: Varies
Age: Few lived over 35 years due to the harsh lifestyle, with some of the oldest specimens arriving at around 50 years
Classification: Human species, Primate
Powers and Abilities: Peak Human Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses (Better eyesight than humans, could see in the dark much better than us), Stealth Mastery
Attack Potency: At least Human level to Athlete level physically (Neanderthals were shorter, stockier, and more robustly build than modern humans; considered to be much stronger than an athlete would be, hunted large preys at close range, it is thought that a female Neanderthal could easily overpower a male athlete), Street level with weapons (Could kill a large variant of animals, mostly medium to large sized and combative animals such as Aurochs, Wild Boars and Red Deers, and on occasion massive animals as Woolly Rhinos and Woolly Mammoths. Frequently competed with predators such as Cave Bears and Cave Hyenas)
Speed: At least Normal Human travel speed, likely Peak Human in short bursts and in reaction speed (Their legs were well adapted to walking, but it's still discussed how fast they could actually run; it was suggested that they were slower than humans in running and did not have hip bones suited for such, while recent studies suggest that their muscular, physical build and hunting methods along with possibly a higher ratio of fast-twitch muscles fiber would have suggested a necessity for sprinting and pouncing considering endurance would have not been as useful in the Ice Age climate)
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human (Males can bench 500 lbs and females 350 lbs. Had great upper-body strength with powerful arms and hands, their skeletal build suggest they had a powerful musculature with incredibly thick bones; frequently transported carcasses of animals; could grapple onto large preys and also wrestle them to the ground, they could tear off entire skins and easily used weapons that modern humans would have trouble using)
Striking Strength: At least Human level to Athlete level (Their limbs were much bigger and more robust compared to humans with much more powerful muscles, with great grip strength. One of their method of hunting was attacking the animal head-on and wrestling it, which humans rarely did. Incredibly thick and stronger hands/fingers much more suited to punching in comparison to modern human hands and fingers)
Durability: At least Human level to Athlete level (Survived large varieties of injuries and traumas from powerful animals in various parts such as the head or the ribs, including those from massive megafauna. Their bones are incredibly thick and strong in comparison to modern human ones, they took damage in everyday life that we could die from. Barrel-shaped bodies and larger ribs unlike our mostly gracile ones. Superior to other physically comparable athletic homo sapiens at the time and physically comparable to other non-human related primates of similar size and weight.
*Caveman vs. Modern Human: Who Would Win Olympic Gold? | Live Science
*Manthropology: The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male | HuffPost Life With the primates having stronger bones than modern humans and can have bone structures of comparable strength to other humans of similar size.Gracility of the modern Homo sapiens skeleton is the result of decreased biomechanical loading | PNAS Members of the genus homo's faces have developed robustness to withstand full strikes from each otherProtective buttressing of the hominin face - Carrier - 2015 - Biological Reviews - Wiley Online Library)
Stamina: Superhuman (Lived in harsh and cold environments during the Ice Age; while it is theorized that Neanderthals were less capable than humans at running long distances, their nose allowed them to get into their lungs more oxygen at a greater rate, which would have helped maintaining their stock and muscular build coupled with their very active and energy-demanding lifestyle and/or to stay warm during the cold seasons, could survive and remain conscious from dangerous injures that would have immobilized modern humans)
Range: Standard Melee Range, higher with weapons
Standard Equipment: Spears, fire and torches, hand axes
Intelligence: A successful species of humans, they were excellent hunters and apex predators, knowing various methods of hunting like ambushing or attacking in packs from a distance with spears massive preys much stronger than them like Woolly Mammoths and Cave Bears. They were also aware of the migration patterns of their prey, so they could track them through different locations based on their movements. Experts at creating various tools and utilities (for example they distillated a form of tar to use as a glue for weapons long before humans would, they also were the first humans to use animal fur as clothes). Took care of the ill, weak and injured members inside their communities, with potentially some sort of early medical knowledge. Furthermore, they could probably speak with at least a basic form of language. They also had on average similar or bigger brain than humans; it is not fully known however how intelligent they were compared to us. Claims of ritual burdens, art and adornments from Neanderthals are not fully accepted by the scientific community, although they are confirmed to have made cave paintings which show them to be clearly capable of abstract thought and imagination.
Weaknesses: More sparsely distributed compared to humans, plagued by diseases and traumas due to their harsh lifestyle and periods of stress, could possibly not run as fast as humans. Thought to have had a higher risk for depression and various disorders.
Note: While they're mentally close to real life people, the Neanderthal profile has been kept over the Cro-magnon profile as a compromise since they're physically and biologically a different species than homo sapiens.
==Gallery==
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Rekonstruktionsversuch eines Neandertalers.jpg|Model from the Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle
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==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Herrerasaurus (The Real World) Herrerasaurus' Profile (Fight took place in a forest tundra, The Herrerasaurus had it's Peak Human Lifting Strength and the Neanderthal had a spear)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
==References==
Category:Real World
Category:Characters
Category:Species
Category:Animals
Category:Mammals
Category:Primates
Category:Humans
Category:Cavemen
Category:Hunters
Category:Enhanced Senses Users
Category:Weapon Users
Category:Spear Users
Category:Axe Users
Category:Species