Ella Al-Shamahi
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Series
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Synopsis
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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1. Episode 1Now viewing2018-05-1345m4.0Ella 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.
2. Episode 22018-05-2045m4.0For 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.
Cast
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Andy Serkis
Self - Presenter
Nick Kellington
Self - Ned
Cecily Fay
Self - Nelly
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Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors has 1 season and 2 episodes.
When did Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors first air?
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors first aired in 2018.
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Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors is classified as Documentary.