Lol, right. Lets look at the actual differences between apes and "neanderthals" or modern humans or any of the homo sapiens. Yes, the ape and human genomes are similar but at the same time, the genetic differences are huge. We are talking 30 million "letter" differences if the genomes differ just 1 percent. But the 1 or 2 percent difference so often claimed is wrong. When multi-nucleotide differences are included the differences are closer to 10 percent. That's a huge amount of human-specifying information. There are also serious ape\human differences that transcend DNA sequences. (Differential Nucleosome formation, 3D DNA structure, DNA methylation, transcription, RNA splicing, RNA editing and more.
Paleoanthropologists might not consider this information at all, as it's not really their field. Just the change of an ape foot to the configuration of a human foot is an extremely complex genetic undertaking.
Of course, this is just the tip of the ice burg. A human foot on an ape-like body doesn't work. The feet, legs' knees, hips, backbone, neck, and brain would all have to be genetically rewired. I don't expect you to take my word for it, but 6 million years is not enough time for a specific nucleotide to be replaced by a specific alternative nucleotide, and for this change to become permanent. If only five mutations were required the waiting time would exceed the currently estimated age of the earth. But of course, you will have to do your own research on that. Suffice it to say that I don't believe in evolution doing miracles.