Neanderthal kids were just as obnoxious as human children - Yahoo Entertainment

A new research paper published in Scientific Reports reveals the discovery and study of fossilized footprints found in southern Spain that are believed to have been created by Neanderthal children.

Still, the researchers seem to have a pretty good handle on what they think the young Neanderthals were up to, and it sounds a whole lot like what modern kids do at any given opportunity: hang out, goof around, and act like the kids they are.

The team behind this new paper eventually studied the sight and discovered that there were Neanderthal footprints hidden among the wild animal prints, two months after the tracks were first observed.

What’s probably most interesting about this discovery is the fact that while the area has prints from Neanderthals of various ages, it’s clear that it was a place where a lot of the kids hung out.

Just like modern children that tend to form friend groups, it looks like these Neanderthal kids had a little clique of their own.