Abbott says Biden ’100% wrong’ on mask mandate and owes apology for ‘Neanderthal’ gibe--who’s right? Abbott says Biden ’100% wrong’ on mask mandate and owes apology for ‘Neanderthal’ gibe--who’s right? President warned that thousands would die in Texas, and they have, but at no worse a rate than before governor ended restrictions on March 3. This July 2, 2008 photo taken in Eyzies-de-Tayac, Dordogne, shows a model representing a Neanderthal man on display at the National Museum of Prehistory. Neanderthal had a hearing system as fine as ours, according to a scientific study released by Nature Ecology and Evolution on March 1, 2021, which considers this as proof that Homo sapiens' cousin had an equally effective communication capacity.(PIERRE ANDRIEU / AFP via Getty Images)