The 0.14 Standard Deviation: Why the "Neanderthal Brain" Gap is a Myth

For over a century, the shape of the Neanderthal skull has been used as a silent indictment. Because it was long, low, and heavy-browed—markedly different from our high, round "globular" heads—science assumed the mind inside was fundamentally "lesser." We looked at the bone and decided the spirit was lacking. This morphological difference became the "bi…