10 evidence-based insights that’ll have you viewing Neanderthals in a whole new light:

00:00 – Intro
1:59 – Neanderthals were manufacturing glue 200,000 years ago.
5:50 – Neanderthals explored a just erupted volcano and left footprints.
12:26 – They supported and cared for their injured, disabled, and elderly.
27:36 – Most Neanderthals were right-handed.
32:32 – The diversity of Neanderthal diets will surprise you.
45:15 – Neanderthals had a remarkable understanding of materials.
56:09 – Neanderthals may have buried their dead, especially babies.
1:13:34 – It’s likely they had spoken language—possibly similar to ours.
1:19:29 – Caveman Kin: Moving evidence of Neanderthal families
1:31:17 – Neanderthals live on in us. (Yes…you!)

Thanks to DNA sequencing and other recent advancements, long-held beliefs about Neanderthal biology, behavior, technology, and migration patterns have changed. Gone is the old-fashioned view of grunting, primitive, dimwitted brutes. A more informed picture has emerged, of a people much closer to ourselves than we realized. More intelligent, sophisticated, cultured, and even caring than we’d ever known. Watch my video above to learn more.

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This video was extensively researched. To view my sources, please watch the source slides at the end of the video. If you’re interested in learning more, I strongly encourage you to read through these scientific studies, papers, and articles. You’ll enjoy them all! Neanderthals are amazeballs.

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