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Join Ella Al-Shamahi, assisted by Hollywood actor Andy Serkis, as she explores the fate of the Neanderthals, asking why they became extinct and discovering how they live on inside us today.
Aired: 10/01/18
Video has closed captioning.Ella Al-Shamahi meets the Neanderthals who once occupied the Rock of Gibraltar.
Ella meets the man who decoded Neanderthal DNA and made a very surprising discovery.
Geneticist Tony Capra investigates how our Neanderthal genes affect us today.
What Did Neanderthals Look Like?
Chris Rynn builds a picture of a Neanderthal face that hasn’t been seen for 60,000 years.
Were Neanderthals Sprinters or Endurance Athletes?
Dan Lieberman's experiment reveals how Neanderthals were built for speed.
Hollywood master of motion-capture, Andy Serkis brings Ned the Neanderthal back to life.
See the latest experimental evidence that lets us listen to a Neanderthal voice.
