Back off, you Neanderthal! It sounds as if you’ve just been dissed, but maybe you should take it as a compliment. Contrary to common cliches, our Pleistocene relatives were clever, curious, and technologically inventive. Find out how our assessment of Neanderthals has undergone a radical rethinking, and hear about the influence they have as they live on in our DNA. For example, some of their genes have a strong association with severe Covid 19 infection. Plus, how Neanderthal mini-brains grown in a lab will teach us about the evolution of Homo sapiens.Guests:<ul>
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<a href="https://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/staff/paabo.html">Svante Pääbo</a> – Evolutionary geneticist and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.</li>
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<a href="https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/education/faculty-staff/stevick_doyle.php">Doyle Stevick</a> – Associate professor of educational leadership and policies at the University of South Carolina.</li>
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Beverly Brown – Professor emerita of anthropology, Rockland Community College, New York.</li>
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<a href="https://www.rebeccawraggsykes.com/about">Rebecca Wragg Sykes</a> – Paleolithic anthropologist, author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/147293749X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=147293749X&linkId=66235314a38f6823a51c7ff24294cef9">Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art</a>.”</li>
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<a href="https://medschool.ucsd.edu/som/pediatrics/research/labs/muotri-lab/Pages/default.aspx">Alysson Muotri</a> – Neuroscientist and professor of pediatrics, cellular and molecular medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine</li>
</ul>Originally aired March 22, 2021Featuring music by <a href="http://www.deweydellay.com/">Dewey Dellay</a> and <a href="https://www.junmiyake.com/biographyenglish">Jun Miyake</a>Big Picture Science is part of the <a href="http://airwavemedia.com/">Airwave Media</a> podcast network. Please contact <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=advertising@airwavemedia.com">advertising@airwavemedia.com</a> to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bigpicturescience">Patreon</a>. Thanks for your support!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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