Neanderthals.

'Spectacular' ancient Neanderthal found in 'burial site' could disprove MAJOR theory

A RARE Neanderthal skeleton that has been discovered in Iraq, may have just proven that the died out species were actually intelligent.

By MILLIE BULL. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1244237/archaeology-news-neanderthals-hominidae-ancestors-baghdad-iraq-shanidar-cave-skeleton

Blogger: It has been known for many decades that Neanderthals had bigger brains than us; that Neanderthal DNA has left markers in our own DNA; that he used tools; that he practised art and that dressed in a suit - he would not be considered in any way unusual walking on the streets of London, today. 

'Missing link thinking' - which demands that Neanderthals be seen as an interim step between apes and man has taken us in so very many wrong directions.