You wouldn't usually say that stupid congressman is in the under a tall.

You'd probably say Neanderthal.

That's the right way to pronounce everybody's favorite paleozoic insult.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

This week we speed-lunk into the real story of our cave dwelling in cousins.

The animals that lived across Europe and Asia for two, three hundred thousand years,

very successfully. We have another two hundred thousand years to go before we catch up with Neanderthals.

And expose the world view behind the scientific racism that seems to know no limits of time or place.

So those disbelief that what Europeans were at the top of this hierarchy and other races was slotted below,

and also that those at the bottom of this hierarchy were like Neanderthals doomed to die out.

Join us as we reckon with our family history.

After this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Anneli Newitz. That's the Anneli Newitz.

Joining me this hour are science journalist and science fiction writer.

Their most recent book is Four Lost Cities, a secret history of the urban age.

And co-host of the podcast, Our Opinions are correct.

We're going to be talking about a speech from last March where President Joe Biden made a disturbing comment.

The last thing we need is an Anderthal thinking that in the meantime everything's fine, take off your mask, forget it.

We both heard it. Of course we were both appalled.

I mean, it's just not true. There's no evidence that Neanderthals couldn't understand existential risks.

Yeah, right? Why are all Muslims always insulting Neanderthals?

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