Neanderthals were sprinters rather than distance runners, study suggests

We found that the majority of these power-associated genetic variants were in fact much more common in Neanderthals than in humans today. They are also based on the assumption that the genetic variants associated with power and speed in humans today act in the same or a similar way in Neanderthals. It is also possible that Neanderthals carried other genetic variants associated with locomotion – ones that are not present or have not been studied in living humans.

Source: theconversation.com