Secrets of the Neanderthals

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Par H @Parhwy Jul 3 Secrets of the Neanderthals (2024) is an 80-minute-long British documentary I saw on Netflix in July 2024. This doco gives us information about Neanderthals with many sunset shots, photographic-level static interview scenes, drone footage, footage overlaid with audio, lots of rocky outcrop shots, some CGI, and scenes involving actors… Lots of visual and auditory variety. The information we get about Neanderthals is mostly information however the documentarian steps into speculation. There are few hills I will die on: docos who speculate "ritual" or "religiosity" are stepping into unscientific realms best left for grifting nuffies like Graham Hancock. This doco fully hero-hypes one archaeologist, Solecki, yet delicately glazes a key failing simply because his speculation put Neanderthals on the front page… I am ranting. I am also not a scientist. I just wish docos would focus on information more than entertainment. Rewatch? No. Recommend? No. 4/10. See more JP H @Taocat 05/05/2024 Excellent. Unveiling facts about these people that were surprising and showed his human they were. See more martin m @RT49771847 05/04/2024 As an archaeology student and documentary fan, I must say I was very disappointed with this movie. Like former documentaries I expected to see Neanderthals living with a voice over the film; to see how they lived and what happened to them. There was no discussion on the several theories about what happened to the Neanderthals. The film was mostly about how the archaeologists felt and their techniques. Very disappointed and not very informative at all. See more K F @RT29864102 05/03/2024 Beautifully done. Informative and humbling. It manages to tels the scientific and paleontological story very well but not at the expense of the "human" story and reenactments. A kind and humane homage to our cousins. And with Patrick Stewart as narrator! See more Read all reviews

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