Is our species special? Some people think we are completely different to animals. But there were once other types of humans, and they were more cleverer than we realised.
Fire starters, builders: meet the Neanderthals
Glossary
Neanderthals - An extinct hominid species that lived alongside Homo sapiens until around 40,000 years ago. Their ancestry began in Africa, like ours, but neanderthals migrated to Europe and Asia long before humans. They looked like us but were shorter and stockier with angled cheekbones, prominent brows and wide noses.
Extinct - A species that no longer has any living members.