[Vikonbarius]

> The word modern is confusing. To me modern and Neanderthal had same ancestor, so why call it modern?

Because there's still no complete consensus about whether Neanderthal man is a separate species to H sapiens or a subspecies. So they can't say "the split between Neanderthal man and Homo sapiens" so have to use "modern man" because that is unambiguous.