Vibes Rebel

Woman with a Cat

Clay stained mother and child — Neanderthals sheltering from the winter outside

I’ve been wanting to draw Neanderthals for a while as I, quite frankly, love them and find them unbelievably fascinating… that being said I noticed that nearly every depiction is a static standing pose or some kind of hunting or aggressive scene. I think it is important to remember the Neanderthal made jewelry, made art, had music and medicine and culture. They had caves they would generationally return to. They were, in nearly every way, human. If not for genetics, I truly think they should be considered as human as we are, for all the considerations of what makes us human, can be applied to them in some way.