Neanderthals and other ancient creatures possessed a hominoid body form but had no known speech, language, writing, technology, philosophy, religion, or civilization. Neanderthals should not be compared to or classified as a predecessor species of present day humans.
The friendly smiles drawn on the illustrations of Neanderthals that we see today are the pure imagination of modern humans. If we were to observe a Neanderthal creature today, we might conclude it is a vicious animal with instincts but lacking any rational intellect.
Neanderthals and other such creatures resemble animals more than they resemble present day humans.
A “qualitatively new species” refers not simply to new DNA or new physical traits, rather it refers to present day Man’s immaterial quality of being “created in the image of God” that allow Man to recognize the existence of God and speak, write, study science, create technologies and civilizations.
No amount of fake Darwinist “science” can explain the qualitative differences between ancient hominoid animals and present day humans.
Why would Darwinian “survival of the fittest” principles require a gorilla or chimpanzee to develop a rational intellect capable of abstract thought and develop the ability for speech?
A gorilla’s “survival of the fittest” in the jungle requires strong arms to pull bananas off a tree and fight off lions, a gorilla has no need for a rational intellect capable of abstract thought or the ability for speech.
Why would a gorilla require an intellect capable of creating an advanced civilization?