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For hundreds of thousands of years, Neanderthals thrived across Ice Age Europe. They hunted, crafted tools and even created art. Yet around 40,000 years ago, they vanished, leaving only fragments of bone, stone and DNA.

This episode blends archaeology, genetics and storytelling to explore possible reasons for their disappearance: encounters with Homo sapiens, climate shifts, competition for resources and the fragile networks of small communities.

Rather than a textbook account, this is a narrative journey into deep prehistory, imagining how Neanderthals lived, struggled and what their legacy means for us today.

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