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And vastly more powerful. Likely didn't have the myostatin gene that we have. Brain larger (almost certainly from greater muscle mass) but based on skull impressions, somewhat different in structure.
They had a cricoid structure like we do. That is what permits speech in a human sense. But a bit different than ours. Learn about it here:
https://books.google.com/books?id=S64bAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=neandertal+chrichoid&source=bl&ots=FrK2TmRbku&sig=ULSEgv0w3Cva5RyILbDSxn9tarY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL8oOmksDLAhWLNSYKHa2HC5UQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=neandertal chrichoid&f=false
Sounds like a gorilla to me.
Or a gorilla wannabee.