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Your whole arguments falls apart when you realize I was addressing Neanderthals as our closest cousin, and not just any other animals.

Once you realize that the caged animal has more in common with you than any other specie, you start to put yourself in his place.

> Once you realize that the caged animal has more in common with you than any other specie, you start to put yourself in his place.

The same applies to chimps, and then recursively down the chain from other apes all the way to bacteria.