{"id":4931,"date":"2026-03-16T19:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/proof-that-homo-sapiens-bred-with-neanderthals-human-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:20:49","slug":"proof-that-homo-sapiens-bred-with-neanderthals-human-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/proof-that-homo-sapiens-bred-with-neanderthals-human-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof that Homo sapiens bred with Neanderthals | Human &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2wQ6ENRMww0?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>These two fossils helped prove that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred #Human #EllaAlShamahi <\/p>\n<p>Around 55,000 years ago, Homo sapiens ventured into Europe \u2014 only to find it was already occupied by Neanderthals who had lived there for almost 400,000 years. Ella Al-Shamahi, finds out just how close the two species became when she sees evidence of interbreeding.<\/p>\n<p>What does it take to tell the greatest story never written down? Human brings our species\u2019 untold origin story to life \u2013 spanning 300,000 years, at least six human species, and with one extraordinary survivor: us.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Ella Al-Shamahi, Human brings together cutting-edge DNA science, global archaeology, and breathtaking visuals to tell this ambitious story in a totally new way.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe and \ud83d\udd14 to the BBC \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bit.ly\/BBCYouTubeSub<br \/>\nWatch the BBC first on iPlayer \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bbc.in\/iPlayer-Home<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2wQ6ENRMww0\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These two fossils helped prove that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred #Human #EllaAlShamahi Around 55,000 years ago, Homo sapiens ventured into Europe \u2014 only to find it was already occupied by Neanderthals who had lived there for almost 400,000 years. Ella Al-Shamahi, finds out just how close the two species became when she sees evidence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":4932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[60,586,587,585,589,590,588],"class_list":["post-4931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humans","tag-bbc-iplayer","tag-british-tv","tag-british-tv-shows","tag-united-kingdom","tag-watch-british-tv-online","tag-watch-british-tv-shows-online","tag-watch-uk-tv-online","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}