Neanderthals: Smarter Than You Think

You have more in common with a Neanderthal than you might think. Michael Aranda explains our latest finds in this episode of SciShow! Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Accalia Elementia, Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Justin Lentz, Fatima Iqbal, Linnea Boyev, Tomasz Jonarski, Chris Peters, Philippe von Bergen, Will and Sonja Marple, and Mark Terrio-Cameron. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-neanderthalensis http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982207020659#aff1 http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/4/844.long http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/09/22/how_complex_was_neanderthal_speech.html http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00397/full http://io9.gizmodo.com/early-humans-may-have-ripped-off-neanderthal-technology-1120926300 http://www.academia.edu/2701094/Neanderthal_Cognitive_Ability_and_Technological_Development http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/defy-stereotypes.html http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-25465102 http://www.nature.com/news/neanderthal-culture-old-masters-1.12974 http://www.pnas.org/content/110/35/14186.full http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/are-neanderthals-human.html