If there's one member of the human family tree that's always picked last for dodgeball, it's the Neanderthal. Unintelligent and uncivil is the reputation that has followed our predecessor for centuries. But why? This week, Brooke and guest host Annalee Newitz, science journalist and science fiction author, accompanied by John Hawks, professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, aim to set the record straight on our Middle Paleolithic cousins, and explore what makes us human.
This is a segment from our January 28, 2022 program Humans, Being.