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Decoding Neanderthals
January 9, 2013
55 min
Season 40 - Episode 7: Decoding Neanderthals
00:00 / 45:00
Overview
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.
Episode Information
TV Show
NOVA
Season
Season 40
Episode Number
7
Air Date
January 9, 2013
Runtime
55 minutes
Guest Stars
Corey Johnson
Narrator
Crew
N
Nick Clarke Powell
Director