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b'Back off, you Neanderthal! It sounds as if you\\u2019ve just been dissed, but maybe you should take it as a compliment. Contrary to common cliches, our Pleistocene relatives were clever, curious, and technologically inventive. Find out how our assessment of Neanderthals has undergone a radical rethinking, and hear about the influence they have as they live on in our DNA. For example, some of their genes have a strong association with severe Covid 19 infection. Plus, how Neanderthal mini-brains grown in a lab will teach us about the evolution of\\xa0Homo sapiens.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nSvante P\\xe4\\xe4bo\\xa0\\u2013 Evolutionary geneticist and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.\\n\\n\\nDoyle Stevick\\xa0\\u2013 Associate professor of educational leadership and policies at the University of South Carolina.\\n\\n\\nBeverly Brown\\xa0\\u2013 Professor emerita of anthropology, Rockland Community College, New York.\\n\\n\\nRebecca Wragg Sykes\\xa0\\u2013 Paleolithic anthropologist, author of \\u201cKindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art.\\u201d\\n\\n\\nAlysson Muotri\\xa0\\u2013 Neuroscientist and professor of pediatrics, cellular and molecular medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine\\n\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'