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Neanderthal neurons
FromThe Psychosphere
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
May 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Bestselling author and self-confessed flint-knapping nerd, Rebecca Wragg-Sykes discusses her research on neanderthals with Melanie. Why were our fellow humans dismissed as a brute, dumb creature for so long, and what can recent research tell us about the minds of this lost but separate species of human? Rebecca is the author of Kindred: Neanderthal life, love, death and art, and her work can be found at: https://www.rebeccawraggsykes.com/
Released:
May 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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