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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

Saturday 14 November 2020 04:00

Friday 24 May 2019 03:00

Thursday 23 May 2019 20:00

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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