Neanderthals Are Best Described as

Multiple Choice

Neanderthals are best described as

A) direct ancestors to modern humans.
B) direct ancestors to modern Europeans but not to other human populations.
C) a localized form or subspecies of Homo sapiens that was well-adapted to living in caves and carrying clubs.
D) a hominin that colonized Europe independently of Homo sapiens and that may or may not have interbred with modern humans.