Representatives of the Neanderthal community today criticized President Biden for comments describing the relaxation of mask guidelines by Republican governors as ‘Neanderthal thinking’.

“As a species of considerable intelligence that has already mastered the use of stone-based tools we take offence.”

They noted that throughout their history – despite not having any modern medical knowledge – they nevertheless took basic steps to prevent infection transmission.

“You homo sapiens have 3-layer masks and N-95s available during a pandemic and some of you won’t wear them? WTF!”

They further noted that Texas Governor Greg Abbott has become something of a celebrity in their circles since abandoning mask directives in his state, in terms of how he has influenced their lexicon.

“If one of us is acting like a total ignoramus now we say they’re acting like such an Abbott!”