[Pepper's choice of words...did not entirely translate properly into Oan, leading to a momentary bout of confusion. The difference between intelligence and smarts, for example, sounded entirely synonymous. Nor did caveman sound like an insult or anything other than a purposeful reference.]

[One which Aya had to momentary look up in her vast resources on Earth's species, past and present.]

I do not understand. He does not appear to show any physical similarities with the Neanderthals in Earth's records. Nor is his cranial structure or mental capacity in any way comparable.

[Congratulations, Pepper, you have just gotten your first hint at precisely how literal Aya often took things.]