The Last Neanderthals

Formato: TVrip

Ano: 2000

Discover Magazine Series - Discovery Channel

Synopsis: Neanderthal people had larger brains than modern humans, but disppeared 30,000 years ago. Were they ancestors of homo sapiens, a separate human species, or an evolutionary dead end? This Discovery Channel program starts from a burial 25,000 years ago in the Lapedo Valley of Portugal to review scientific evidence and arguments about this biological mystery. Written, produced and directed by Steve Garwood; narrator Dennis Elsas.

(http://www.sfsu.edu/)

Synopsis: This program documents the discovery a 28,000 year old skeleton of a child in Portugal, which was interpreted by some as a neanderthal-human hybrid and inspired debate about whether Neanderthals were human ancestors.

(http://herc.berkeley.edu/)

Nota: Documentário baseado nos depoimentos de João Zilhão e Cidália Duarte sobre a criança de Lapedo. São apresentadas também algumas gravuras de Foz Côa.