The ancient hook-up that changed humanity

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Go to https://ground.news/howtown to unlock perspectives beyond media bias and stay informed with the facts. Subscribe through our link for 40% off unlimited access. To keep our independent science journalism going and get bonus content: JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/Howtown This video was supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in association with IMI. https://sloan.org/ https://www.theimi.co/ WELCOME TO HOWTOWN! Our small but mighty team of two (Joss Fong and Adam Cole) digs into the evidence behind commonly held facts and claims in the news. We're grateful for the generous support of the Patreon Town Council: Flora Somogyi Bev Fong Ruben K Andrii Makukha Sean Barrett Mike Purvis Chris Wubbels Carlos Saborio-Romero Mike Paukst Lawrence Doherty Jim Jon Hewett Albychen Hernando Garcia Sean Talon ASK US A QUESTION https://www.howtown.co/contact KEY SOURCES: A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5100745/ Identifying and Interpreting Apparent Neanderthal Ancestry in African Individuals https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32004458/ Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35138885/ FULL SOURCE LIST: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hL7KMBa2uNzTcYPIvdHbIf_Q9UwhVCUr6RujuFhv6iQ/edit?usp=sharing BOOKS! “The Naked Neanderthal” by Ludovic Slimak https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454664/the-naked-neanderthal-by-slimak-ludovic/9781802061819 “Who We Are and How We Got Here” by David Reich https://reich.hms.harvard.edu/why-i-wrote-book TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@howtown_ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/howtown_videos FREE NEWSLETTER: https://www.patreon.com/Howtown SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGudGqToOw9hWGR88W9Jutg?sub_confirmation=1 Chapters: 00:00 intro 01:06 discovering Neanderthals 03:00 why it's not easy 04:35 extracting DNA 06:34 assembling the genome 08:00 proving they did it 09:57 the species problem 11:01 Neanderthal DNA in Africa 12:08 a new mystery 15:34 dating problems 16:36 fossilized smoke 18:34 conclusion 19:48 ground news