EPISODE · Apr 13, 2026 · 15 MIN
Neanderthals: Everything You Thought Was Wrong
from Crazy Alchemist · host Crazy Alchemist
Three recent studies overturn what remains of the 'brutish caveman' image. Neanderthals cooperated with Homo sapiens 110,000 years ago, hunted the largest land animals in Europe with thrusting spears, and practiced selective cannibalism of outsiders. The science that built the myth, and the science that is dismantling it.
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Three recent studies overturn what remains of the 'brutish caveman' image. Neanderthals cooperated with Homo sapiens 110,000 years ago, hunted the largest land animals in Europe with thrusting spears, and practiced selective cannibalism of outsiders. The science that built the myth, and the science that is dismantling it.
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