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Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors

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  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: May 13, 2018
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 2
  • Networks: BBC Two
  • Genres: Documentary
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Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors(2018)

TMDB Rating: 4.0 (4 votes)

Overview

According to recent science the Neanderthals are not the knuckle-dragging apemen of popular imagination. In fact they are our distant ancestors. About 2% of the DNA of most people is of Neanderthal origin—and it continues to affect us today. Ella Al-Shamahi enlists the skills of Andy Serkis, the master of performance capture, and a group of experts to investigate Neanderthals.

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2 episodes • 2018Avg: 4.0

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1Episode 1May 13, 20184.0
2Episode 2May 20, 20184.0

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