Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals
Tristan Hughes is joined by Ella Al-Shamahi, paleoanthropologist and presenter of the hit BBC series Human, to explore what interactions between early Homo sapiens and Neanderthals may have been like, from communication and cultural exchange to interbreeding and the possibility of hybrid children navigating belonging.…
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“Pretty good show I disagree with some of your takes (like on Neanderthals), but still a good show. Keep bringing lesser known history into the light!!! I would appreciate some more mid evil content as well!!”
“Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens Wonderful subject, and lovely Doctor but she needs to stop misconstruing facts: “Israel” is a modern colonial construct, the Levant is and includes Palestine, or Occupied Palestinian Territories (illegally of c…”
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