Decoding Neanderthals FULL SPECIAL | NOVA | PBS America

Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a bleak and inhospitable continent in the grip of the Ice Age. But when they arrived, they were not alone: the stocky, powerfully built Neanderthals had already been living there for hundreds of thousands of years. So what happened when the first modern humans encountered the Neanderthals?

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[marliessigar]

I'm living in Meerbusch near Düsseldorf...the Neanderthal is only a few kilometers away. I love this part of nature very much, it's wonderful to be in this part of small canyon...you can sense this place is a very special one.
❤❤❤
& I'm glad to hear that their genoms are helping us to level up 😅

[wazhushkmuskrat]

They were around for 400, 000 years.
Not so dumb I’d say.
Let’s see how long we are here .

[johannesvanzijl]

Wow. Just realised the documentary is 11 years old. So much have changed

[thomulcahy]

Not stating the original date (2013) in the description isn't acceptable imo.

[fubytv]

As a Neanderthal's descendant, I petition for the restoration of our ancestors' fair name.

[concernednewfie]

I look it up and realize this documentary is from 2013. I have seen many docs but wonder what precisely has been learned over the last 11 years.

[hfyaer]

The actor playing the neanderthal man is magnus carlsen

[centy]

Why must every documentary feel like a true crime thing now with sudden music and mysterious cut offs? We're not simpletons who will lose interest if something dramatic isn't happening every 3 seconds, how about just presenting the information with interesting visualisations.

[OldOwl]

im so glad they were more intelligent than we are, they didn't destroy our earth, we have.

[KamielDV]

You can't just post a 10 year old documentary in a field that's been rapidly evolving in that time frame and expect this to be of any value. If anything I think this would almost qualify as misinformation.

[gregedmand]

It was a fascinating surprise to find my genetics test results listed Neanderthal at 1.4%. As this has proven a common result for so many, they obviously were intigrated not wiped out.

[mwjxrqj]

This is from 2013 but I'll give it go. Though I suspect some of the information has been updated since this.

[bernieshort]

Interesting in a big way, I hope there will be a follow up program more recent than this one. Thank you.

[michealofloinn]

I watched it all and now I find out that it's 11 years old. Looking forward to the new one.

[mariusj]

This is a very old documentary, Svante Paabo got the Nobel prize for technique for extracting dna, so people should look for one of his newer lectures. A lot have changed since this was filmed.

[Whoamiwhoamu]

This 2013 documentary haven't aged as well as the Neanderthals.

[DhooomKetu]

There are few still left here and there 😂

[JohnDelong-qmiv]

graphic depictions of neanderthals has evolved dramatically over the last 150 years

[ProfessorJayTee]

Maybe Neanderthal hunters gave panther paws as a gift to their loved ones? Then she kept it? Kind of like people used to carry a rabbit's foot for luck.

[Gdad-]

Lets not forget. Language isn't bound to verbal communication exclusively!