In Search of Neanderthals

In March 2021, the United States was beginning to emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to what he thought was the premature easing of mask-wearing requirements in Texas and Mississippi, newly elected President Joe Biden complained about "e;Neanderthal thinking"e;. This earned him a rebuke from Germany's Neanderthal Museum, but Biden was hardly the first politician to liken h...