Who's to say that God didn't start life at a bacterial level and guide it to now? I think that'd be more like God than a click and a flash, I mean look at the story of Joseph, it took him years of pain to get his destined position of Pharohs righthander... And what about the point of culture almost "magically" appearing in anatomically modern humans about.... 195,000 years ago? (I think, i'd have to look it up to be sure... but it was def after modern H. sapes had existed for about 100,000 years already, so maybe its actually 95,000 ya?)

Also Homo sapiens developed tool cultures a lot faster due to environmental stimulus, so while the Neanderthal may have been bigger he was figuratively speaking bringing a knife to a gun fight.