Recent scientific discoveries have shown just how much we’ve previously underestimated Neanderthals. It turns out that their lives were very similar to those of our ancestors.

This hour, a look at Neanderthals and at why humans have dismissed them for decades.

GUESTS:

Ella Al-Shamahi: A National Geographic Explorer, TV presenter, palaeo-anthropologist, evolutionary biologist, and standup comic
Claire Cameron: Author of The Last Neanderthal, among other books
Anna Goldfield: An archeologist and the host of the podcast The Dirt
Bruce Hardy: Professor of anthropology at Kenyon College

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Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired January 5, 2022.

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Neanderthals were more than cavemen