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Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors

Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors (2018)

Documentary, Historical | UK

Director: Vikram Jayanti

BBC Four | Wednesday, 30 March 2022 | 02:40

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Wednesday, 30 March 2022 02:40

Monday, 28 March 2022 20:00

Friday, 24 May 2019 03:00

Thursday, 23 May 2019 20:00

Thursday, 7 February 2019 23:15

Rating: 7.4/10

SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 1

SYNOPSIS

An investigation into what Neanderthals looked like and how they lived in their Ice Age world. It turns out that almost everything previously known about them is wrong. They weren't hunched, grunting, knuckle-dragging ape-men at all. In reality they were faster, smarter, better looking.

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Producer: Ella Al-Shamahi, Rebecca Chambers

RUNTIME: 58 min

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