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Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors

According to recent science the Neanderthals are not the knuckle-dragging apemen of popular imagination. In fact they are our distant ancestors. About 2% of the DNA of most people is of Neanderthal origin - and it continues to affect us today.

Ella Al-Shamahi enlists the skills of Andy Serkis, the master of performance capture, and a group of experts to investigate Neanderthals.

Show Info

Network: United Kingdom BBC Two (2018 - 2018)
Schedule: Sundays at 20:00 (60 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type: Documentary
Genres: History
Episodes ordered: 2 episodes

Official site: www.bbc.co.uk

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Episode 1x02; May 20, 2018

In this episode, Ella Al-Shamahi explores the fate of the Neanderthals - asking why they became extinct, and discovering how they live on inside of us today. The programme starts in the caves of Gibraltar, which may have been the last place the Neand

Previous Episodes

Episode NameAirdateTrailer
1x02: Episode 2May 20, 2018
1x01: Episode 1May 13, 2018
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Also known as:
  • Neanderthal (PBS) (United States United States)
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