A recent study indicates that Americans with lower cognitive ability scores tend to be more likely to embrace Christian nationalism. The findings suggest the ideology’s appeal is linked to underlying cognitive resources rather than just educational differences.
right? afaik the best consensus we have is “they seem to have struggled with climate change and maybe they just found homo sapiens way sexier than their own species, idk”
My pet hypothesis is that neanderthals were way more monogamous, whereas our species is fundamentally made to be swingers, so you can imagine what might happen when the twain meet…