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Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors is a documentary TV series that premiered on BBC Two on May 13, 2018. It has 1 season and 2 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 2, aired on May 20, 2018.

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 · 1 season

Season 1

2018 · 2 episodes · Last episode: 8 years ago

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    2. Episode 2

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    For around 400,000 years Neanderthals live and thrived right across Europe and Western Europe. But about 40,000 years ago they disappeared. In this second episode in the series, Ella Al-Shamahi - with the help of Hollywood actor Andy Serkis - explores the fate of the Neanderthals, asking why they became extinct, and discovering how they live on inside of us today.

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    1. Episode 1

    Ella Al-Shamahi, a rising star in Neanderthal research, enlists the skills of Andy Serkis, the master of performance capture, and a group of experts to create, for the first time ever, a scientifically accurate 3D Neanderthal. They discover that Neanderthals were more like us than we ever thought.

Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors?

Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 20, 2018.

When did the latest episode of Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors come out?

The most recent episode of Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors, Season 1 Episode 2, aired on May 20, 2018.

How many seasons of Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors are there?

Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors has 1 season with 2 episodes in total.

When did Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors first air?

Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors first aired on BBC Two on May 13, 2018.

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