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Steven Rinella talks with authors Dimitra Papagianni and Michael A. Morse.
Topics discussed: What we mean when we say “neanderthal,” taal v. thaal; 23andMe; human and neanderthal interactions; how language may have operated; cannibalism through the ages; neanderthal fashion; the limits of site excavation; and more.
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