This is about facial decoration damnit!
And the amazingness of the others, as well, orcs, hobbits, elves, trolls - those other humans.
It's too common a misconception that "we come from" many of these past human species, and we do - but many of them are "sister species" to us, and Neanderthals are that as well. Now, nature isn't black and white like that, so, we DO have neanderthal genes from inter-breeding, but that's just cus humans are pervy and lonely. That combination is very powerful.
I can hardly get over how weird it is, how weird it would be, to meet another type of human.
Our "collective memory" is full of other humans, elves, hobbits, trolls, there memories are very possibly remnants of our dealings with, for example, Neanderthals.