NOVA · SEASON 52

Human: Neanderthal Encounters

Episode 14 · 2025-10-01

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Season 52Episode 14★ 10.0/10
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Episode overview

For 400,000 years, Neanderthals thrived across frigid, Ice Age Europe. What happened when Homo sapiens arrived, and how did these encounters change our species – including our DNA – in ways still with us today?

53 minutes

Season 52 episodes

1. What Are UFOs?2025-01-22 2. Extreme Airport Engineering2025-01-29 3. Dino Birds2025-02-05 4. Egypt's Tombs of Amun2025-02-12 5. Pompeii's Secret Underworld2025-02-19 6. Baltimore Bridge Collapse2025-02-26 7. Revolutionary War Weapons2025-04-09 8. Secrets of the Forest2025-04-16 9. Critical Condition: Health In Black America2025-04-30 10. Ultimate Crash Test: Countdown2025-05-07 11. Ultimate Crash Test: Impact2025-05-14 12. Human: Origins2025-09-17 13. Human: Journeys2025-09-24 14. Human: Neanderthal Encounters2025-10-01 15. Human: Into the Americas2025-10-08 16. Human: Building Empires2025-10-15 17. Ancient Desert Death Trap2025-10-22 18. Superfloods2025-10-29 19. Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build2025-11-05 20. Operation Space Station: Science and Survival2025-11-12