There’s Something Weird About Neandertal DNA And It Might Be Our Fault

The brand new Eons Puzzle! https://store.dftba.com/collections/all/products/eons-puzzle And the 2023 Eons Calendar! https://www.complexlycalendars.com/products/eons Maybe it’s a little self-centered that we can be pretty focused on the DNA that we got from Neanderthals – but we shouldn’t forget that gene flow goes both ways. Thanks to Julio Lacerda (https://twitter.com/JulioTheArtist) for the excellent reconstructions featured in this episode! ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: John H. Austin, Jr., Kate Huhmann, Alex Hackman, Tyler Adams, Amanda Ward, Stephen Patterson, Mark Foster, Karen Farrell, Trevor Long, Raphael Haase, daniel blankstein, Roberto Adrian Ramirez Flores, Jason Rostoker, Jonathan Rust, Avery Sanford, Mary Tevington, Bart & Elke van Iersel - De Jong, William Craig II, James Dowling-Healey, Irene Wood, Derek Helling, WilCatRhClPPh33, Mark Talbott-Williams, Nomi Alchin, Hillary Ryde-Collins, Yu Mei, Dan Ritter, 4th_phase, Jayme Coyle, Albert Folsom, Oscar Amoros Huguet, Patrick Wells, Dan Caffee, Stephanie Tan, Nick Ryhajlo, Sean Dennis. If you d like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Twitter - https://twitter.com/eonsshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/ References: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb6460 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms16046