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When Neandertals Became Apex Predators

Season 7 Episode 11 | 11m 50s

Climbing to the summit of the Eurasian food chain was one of the Neandertals’ most impressive evolutionary feats, but in the end, it may have actually been what doomed them.

Aired: 12/16/24
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