I am doing quite alot of research on the paleolithic and Mesolithic eras. I have come across articles stating that Neanderthals were the first to eat birds(http://phys.org/news/2014-08-ancient-pigeon-bones-reveal-secrets.html) among other articles. With that said, how much relevance should I put into these new findings and what other findings should I look at also?
For clearifications sake, I am making a series of games from 750,000 bc to future times. I am trying to find the best data available to use.
Mods, I understand that this maybe in the wrong reddit but I am just trying to find the best answer possible.
Thank you for your time, Drew
/r/askanthropology has had discussions about these sorts of questions; you might want to check out its past posts and/or consider asking the question there.
Your question is a bit unclear to me. Are you asking about the biological classification of Neanderthals? Or are you asking more broadly how 'human' our non-AMHS cousins were?
This is more of archeology / anthropology question than one of history. History largely deals with what has been recorded.