Neanderthal: Exploring Ancient Human Evolution

NORTH 02: The Story of Our Species

Dive deep into the fascinating world of Neanderthals, exploring their discovery, genetic relationships, distribution, anatomy, diet, tool use, social structures, and more. Learn about their interactions with Homo sapiens and the possible causes of their extinction. This episode offers a comprehensive look at one of our closest ancient relatives.
00:00:00: Opening
00:02:36: Discovery
00:04:27: Genetic relationship and evolution
00:07:32: Distribution and population
00:08:50: Anatomy
00:17:56: Appearance
00:20:11: Genetic populations
00:21:35: Diet
00:27:02: Predators
00:30:06: Food storage and cooking
00:32:44: Cannibalism
00:35:22: Tool use
00:42:27: Climate
00:43:27: Clothing
00:45:17: Possible hibernation
00:46:10: Shelter
00:48:07: Seafaring
00:49:28: Injuries and medicines
00:54:01: Accessory
00:59:07: Possible musical instrument
01:00:14: Cave art
01:05:59: Burial
01:08:54: Language
01:12:27: Social hierarchy
01:13:30: Compassion
01:16:06: Arrival of Homo sapiens
01:19:08: Extinction cause
01:23:15: Neanderthal genome in Homo sapiens
01:26:15: Closing
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