Nova Neanderthals on Trial (Season 29, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | Documentary

Nova

Neanderthals on Trial (Season 29, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | Documentary

Examining the anthropological controversy surrounding Neanderthals, who died out almost 30,000 years ago. Were they our ancestors, or were they an evolutionary dead end?

Director

Mark Davis (as Mark J. Davis)

Writer

Mark Davis (as Mark J. Davis)

Composer

Tom Phillips

Cinematographer

Brian Dowley

Editor

Nathan Hendrie

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 8, 2002

Release date

Jan 8, 2002 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 22 wins & 63 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Elisabeth Daynès Self - Reconstruction Artist (as Elisabeth Daynes) Self - Reconstruction Artist (as Elisabeth Daynes) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Harold Dibble Self - Archaeologist, University of Pennsylvania Self - Archaeologist, University of Pennsylvania See fewer	Nova (1974)
Chloe Leamon Actress (voice) Actress (voice) See fewer	Park Street Under (1979)
Daniel Lieberman Self - Paleoanthropologist, Harvard University Self - Paleoanthropologist, Harvard University See fewer	Origins of Us (2011)
Joe Morton Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Svante Pääbo Self - Geneticist, Max Planck Institute Self - Geneticist, Max Planck Institute See fewer	Conversations with History (1982)
Ian Tattersall Self - Paleoanthropologist AMNH Self - Paleoanthropologist AMNH See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Erik Trinkaus Self - Anthropologist, Washington University Self - Anthropologist, Washington University See fewer	Intermission Feat. Lori Glori: Give Peace A Chance (1994)
Milford Wolpoff Self - Paleoanthropologist, University of Michigan Self - Paleoanthropologist, University of Michigan See fewer	Nova (1974)