Neanderthals Didn't Go Extinct. Look in the Mirror.

Did Neanderthals really go extinct 40,000 years ago? Not exactly. In this video we follow the DNA evidence: how scientists read ancient genomes, why people outside Africa carry 1-2% Neanderthal DNA, what those genes do in your body, and why the real story is a merger, not a disappearance. Chapters: 0:00 The extinction myth 0:40 Not brutes: who Neanderthals really were 1:20 The first Neanderthal DNA test 2:00 The 2010 genome shock 3:00 What they left in your body 3:40 The price of mixing 4:00 Why Neanderthals disappeared 5:00 Myth vs truth Subscribe to Cold Case: Humanity for more unsolved mysteries of our deep past. #neanderthals #humanevolution #ancientdna #prehistory #coldcasehumanity