8 billion people: how different the world would look if Neanderthals had prevailed

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6. I used the word "friendly" because the article used it.

We have evidence of Neanderthals living in small social groups, burying their dead ceremonially, and looking after members who were injured.

Regarding self domestication of Homo sapiens, that does not eliminate genocidal aggression. Ancient Rome, German Nazis, Stalin, Putin, etc., etc., etc. Nazi genocidal aggression drove Jewish Einstein to America, along with his knowledge of atomic bomb research going on in Germany. This led to Japan paying the price for their own aggression.

Since colonial times, the US has been aggressively suppressing talent and knowledge of individuals, to the point of mass murders, due to race.

I don't think that sapiens is all that domesticated.