Although we have whole genome reconstructions, we don't really know what Neanderthals looked like, exactly. It would be amazing to discover an intact individual.
National Geographic: As global warming causes ice sheets and glaciers to retreat, it will be “very, very likely” that a well-preserved Neanderthal will one day emerge, says Hiebert, much like the 40,000-year-old baby mammoth found in Siberia.See also The Neanderthal Problem.
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