Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"Human," a new series from BBC and NOVA l PBS, tells the tale of our ancient family tree, embracing the complex and dramatic sides of the story. It asks: Who were the different species of humans that lived on this planet before us? What must it have been like to be in their shoes? And how did we become the only ones left standing?
Ella Al-Shamahi, a paleoanthropoligist and host of "Human," tells SciFri Host Flora Lichtman that Neanderthals have experienced terrible PR. But were our close cousins really as brutish as we’ve made them out to be?
"Human," a new series from BBC and NOVA l PBS, tells the tale of our ancient family tree, embracing the complex and dramatic sides of the story. It asks: Who were the different species of humans that lived on this planet before us? What must it have been like to be in their shoes? And how did we become the only ones left standing?
Ella Al-Shamahi, a paleoanthropoligist and host of "Human," tells SciFri Host Flora Lichtman that Neanderthals have experienced terrible PR. But were our close cousins really as brutish as we’ve made them out to be?
