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# Human: Neanderthal Encounters Preview
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nova/trailers/human-neanderthal-encounters-iqgza9/
- Published: 2025-08-07T07:45:48.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T12:11:20.000Z
- Description: Discover how Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthals – and how they helped make us who we are today.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: NOVA, #ZZZ_Show_8f1ff589-6222-4260-acbf-0523a6424abf, #v1.5, #ZZZ_Trailer_6378129c-af2e-46e5-ab87-b9607e15e499, #trailer

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?