U radu je iznesen pregled znanstvenih saznanja o populaciji neandertalaca koji uključuje rezultate područja arheologije, antropologije i genetike. Osim pregleda znanstvenih saznanja, u radu se daje i povijesni pregled razmišljanja o mjestu neandertalaca unutar evolucijskog razvoja čovjeka kao i uvid u modele koji se najčešće spominju u suvremenoj literaturi.The paper presents an overview of scientific insights into the Neandertal population, including results obtained in the fields of archaeology, anthropology and genetics. In addition to this overview, the paper also provides a historical perspective of considerations of the position of the Neandertals within human evolution, as well as a discussion of models that are most frequently mentioned in contemporary literature
