What Happened When Humans Met Neanderthals?

Around 45,000 years ago, modern humans entered Europe—and discovered that another kind of human was already there. Neanderthals were not mindless cavemen. They controlled fire, made sophisticated tools, cared for injured members of their communities and survived brutal Ice Age environments for hundreds of thousands of years. So what happened when Homo sapiens finally encountered them? This video explores the evidence of competition, cooperation, interbreeding and survival—and reveals why Neanderthals disappeared as a distinct human population while part of them survived inside us. Subscribe to Hidden Power for more stories about prehistoric humans, evolution and the forgotten forces that shaped our world. #prehistory #humanevolution #ancienthumans #neanderthals #homosapiens