"Neanderthal" premiered Oct. 17, 2018 I watche
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"Neanderthal" premiered Oct. 17, 2018
I watched the first of the two episodes On Demand
As they progressed piecing together what Neanderthals looked like the female narrator said * “some of my mates would date him.”
* “Our guide is Ella Al-Shamakhi, a young British rising star in Neanderthal research, with an unusual side-line as a stand-up comic.”
Men were about 5’4” and weighed around 170. So, powerful wrestlers. I could have been a power forward or even a center on their BB team. Short sprinters, no endurance.
I’ll be interested in learning why we’re here and they aren’t, save for the 2 % of their DNA that live inside of us. Higher % in Trump supporters, is my surmise.
They made someone up to look like the final version they agreed upon, put him in contemporary dress and on the subway.
He got some sideways glances, but probably no more so than would Willlem Dafoe with the same hairdo.
About the Show
Eight years ago there was an incredible breakthrough: The Neanderthal genome was first decoded. The greatest surprise was that most modern humans have inherited Neanderthal DNA and there is around two percent of their DNA inside everyone from outside sub-Saharan Africa.
These genes have helped shape modern humans into what we are today and continue to affect us. So what kind of people were our ancient ancestors?
This two-part series investigates what they looked like and what would have happened when we met them. It turns out that what we thought we knew about them is wrong. They weren’t hunched, grunting, knuckle-dragging ape-men at all. In a reconstructed, imaginary confrontation, we discover they were faster, smarter, better looking and much more like us than we ever thought.
Our guide is Ella Al-Shamahi, a young British rising star in Neanderthal research, with an unusual side-line as a stand-up comic. She enlists the skills of Andy Serkis, the global movie star and master of performance capture, best known as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" and Caesar in "Planet of the Apes," who uses his Hollywood magic to, for the first time ever, create a scientifically accurate 3D working avatar of a real Neanderthal.
In Andy Serkis’ studio, Ella brings together a core group of experts from all over the world – our Key Investigating Scientists - who are at the cutting edge of Neanderthal research.
They help Andy to translate the very latest Neanderthal science into digital design. Ella also gathers evidence by pursuing leads across the globe, meeting leading experts in their labs and at significant sites of Neanderthal discovery, from Iraqi Kurdistan to Gibraltar.
Across the two shows, the scientists reveal ground-breaking discoveries about Neanderthal appearance, anatomy, movement, brain function, child development, diet, health and culture.
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