Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors (2018): History. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
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.
Series details
- Title: Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Genres: History
- Premiere date: 2018-05-13
- Final broadcast date listed: 2018-05-20
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 36731
- TVDB ID: 347575
Cast and credited roles
- Ella Al-Shamahi — Presenter
- Andy Serkis — Presenter
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2018-05-13; final listed air date 2018-05-20; episode order: 2.
Source and licence
Adapted from Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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