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Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors

Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors

Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors

2018 1 Seasons 2 Episodes ⭐ 4.0 Documentary

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode 1

Ella Al-Shamahi, a rising star in Neanderthal research, enlists the skills of Andy Serkis, the master of performance cap

EP 2

Episode 2

For around 400,000 years Neanderthals live and thrived right across Europe and Western Europe. But about 40,000 years ag

Popular Cast

Ella Al-Shamahi

Ella Al-Shamahi

Self - Presenter

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

Self - Presenter

Nick Kellington

Nick Kellington

Self - Ned

Cecily Fay

Cecily Fay

Self - Nelly