How much stronger were neanderthals than modern homo sapiens?

Bone structures in many Neanderthal specimens suggest that their biceps were no larger than those of an average Homo sapiens, and some of the Neanderthals unearthed in the Middle East were as slender as modern humans. read more

(Of course, most modern sapiens are terrribly out of shape, and our ancestor sapiens were much stronger than most of us today.) Remember, chimpanzees are much stronger than sapiens. Chimps can easily tear limbs off sapiens. read more

Not just starvation was a problem, but a similar area of land could probably support less neanderthals than homo sapiens who were just fine being lean and using throwing spears, etc. But the strongest man today is undoubtedly stronger than the strongest neanderthal. read more