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Season 40 Episode 7: Decoding Neanderthals

Examining evidence about Neanderthals that sheds light on the hominids, which died off some 30,000 years ago. Included: geneticist Svante Pääbo's 2010 reconstruction of the Neanderthal genome, which posits that modern humans and Neanderthals interbred at some point in the distant past.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

53

Episodes:

1029

Cast:

Quality:

HD

Duration:

55 min

First Air:

1974

Rating:

7.1