Nova Decoding Neanderthals (Season 40, Episode 2)
TV-G
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary

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Nova

Decoding Neanderthals (Season 40, Episode 2)

TV-G

TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary

What happened when the first modern humans encountered the Neanderthals? Did they make love or war?

Director

Nick Clarke Powell

Producers

Matthew Barrett | Johanna Woolford Gibbon

Composer

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 9, 2013

Release date

Jan 9, 2013 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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Cast	+ Add Cast
12 cast members

Name	Known for
Corey Johnson Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Morbius (2022)
John Hawks Self - University of Wisconsin Self - University of Wisconsin See fewer	Expedition Unknown (2015)
April Nowell Self - University of Victoria Self - University of Victoria See fewer	Nova (1974)
Ed Green Self - University of California Self - University of California See fewer	Nova (1974)
Svante Pääbo Self - Max Planck Institute - Leipzig (as Svante Paabo) Self - Max Planck Institute - Leipzig (as Svante Paabo) See fewer	Conversations with History (1982)
João Zilhão Self - University of Barcelona - ICREA (as Joao Zilhao) Self - University of Barcelona - ICREA (as Joao Zilhao) See fewer	Abstracto (1997)
Metin Eren Self - University of Kent (as Metin I. Eren) Self - University of Kent (as Metin I. Eren) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Wil Roebroeks Self - Leiden University Self - Leiden University See fewer	Nova (1974)
Chris Stringer Self - Natural History Museum, London Self - Natural History Museum, London See fewer	Neanderthal (2000)
Thomas Wynn Self - University of Colorado Self - University of Colorado See fewer	Nova (1974)
Frederick Coolidge Self - University of Colorado (as Frederick L. Coolidge) Self - University of Colorado (as Frederick L. Coolidge) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Michael Walker Self - University of Murcia Self - University of Murcia See fewer	Nova (1974)

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