Neanderthals

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined by the brilliant comedian Tim Minchin and Palaeolithic archaeologist Dr Becky Wragg Sykes as they take us way back in time to visit the mysterious world of Neanderthals. Just who were the Neanderthals? Were they the squat caveman archetypes we’ve come to know in pop culture? Did they really shout “Ug” at the moon? Or have we misunderstood them entirely? Join the team as we discover there is so much more to those handsome, hench beings that walked the Earth before us.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.4	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, a history podcast for people who just don't like
0:10.4	history.
0:11.4	Or at least people who've got to learn any at school.
0:12.9	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC
0:16.7	comedy show Horrible Histories.
0:18.3	On this podcast we mix learning with roles for a luxury listening experience.
0:22.0	Today we are journeying back tens of thousands of years to hunt hyena, ride on mammoths and
0:27.4	get to know Leanderthals.
0:29.0	Sexiest species of our take humans decide of your Asia and guiding us on our hunting
0:33.4	trip.
0:34.4	We're joined by two very special guests.
0:36.3	In prehistory corner, yes prehistory corner, she's a paleolithic archaeologist who is
0:40.2	an expert in prehistoric tools and she is the author of a brilliant new book, Kindred,
0:45.1	all about Leanderthals.
0:46.1	Lucky old us, it's the wonderful Dr Rebecca Ragsikes.
0:48.7	Hi Becky, how are you?
0:49.7	Hi, I'm great, thanks for having me.
0:52.0	How did you get into tools?
0:53.1	Was it work experience to be in queue?
0:54.5	What's the root?
0:55.5	It's very much metal at being queue, although the trail section is handy if you need to be
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