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NEXT ON NOVA: "NEANDERTHALS ON TRIAL"

http://www.pbs.org/nova/neanderthals/

Broadcast: September 23, 2003
(NOVA airs Tuesdays on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local listings as
dates and times may vary.)

In 1856, bones of an unrecognizable hominid turned up in Germany's
Neander Valley. This early human and others like it -- sturdy,
large-headed individuals -- came to be known as Neanderthals. Despite a
century and a half of study and debate, Neanderthals remain an enigma.
Were they our ancestors, or an evolutionary dead-end? Were they
assimilated into early modern (Cro Magnon) populations, or were they
wiped out en masse in a Pleistocene genocide? "Neanderthals on Trial"
investigates this long-standing mystery.

Here's what you'll find online:
    
    Casts of Characters
    Using fully rotatable 360-degree QuickTime movies, compare casts
    of two famous skulls -- the La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neanderthal and
    Cro Magnon I. Learn their histories and ferret out their anatomical
    differences.

    Into the Fray: The Producer's Story
    In this straight-from-the-shoulder essay, Mark Davis, the producer
    of "Neanderthals on Trial," describes how he went about making a
    balanced film about a subject on whose particulars no two experts
    seem to agree.

    Tracing Ancestry with MtDNA
    By studying mitochondrial DNA, some geneticists have traced the
    maternal lineages of all modern humans back to a common ancestor
    who lived 150,000 years ago. They've also found no evidence that
    we're related to Neanderthals. What's the logic behind their
    theory? Find out here.

    Dig and Deduce
    Uncover bone fragments and artifacts at three Neanderthal excavation
    sites, then step into the morass known as archeological
    interpretation.

Plus Resources and a Teacher's Guide

http://www.pbs.org/nova/neanderthals/

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