22/08/2024
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Secrets of the Neanderthals. 2024. 1h 20m
Netflix's "Secrets of the Neanderthals" . Dir by Ashley Gething (2024) BBC Doc. UK. Narrator: Patrick Stewart
A fascinating new documentary exploring our closest relatives.
BBC Studios Science Unit has produced Secrets of the Neanderthals, an enthralling new documentary film that features new discoveries and advances in science that are leading us to a deeper understanding of our closest relatives. The Neanderthals survived for over 300,000 years yet for some reason, they are gone, and we remain. This archaeological adventure sets out to understand how they were so successful for so long, and why they disappeared. It launches globally on Netflix on Thursday 2nd May.
With exclusive access to the famous Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, Secrets of the Neanderthals follows a group of archaeologists from the University of Cambridge and Liverpool John Moores University, led by Professor Graeme Barker, as they team up with their Kurdish colleagues to excavate this iconic site for the first time since 1960. Over a number of seasons, they make a startling discovery - a new body, ‘Shanidar Z.’ This is the first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to be found in the region for almost a quarter of a century. The film follows lead palaeoanthropologist Dr Emma Pomeroy as she painstakingly excavates these precious remains and sets about reassembling it with the team in Cambridge.
Alongside the new discovery, the team is reinvestigating some of the other bodies found in the cave during the original excavations between 1953 and 1960 by Dr. Ralph Solecki - including the famous ‘flower burial’. The discoveries they make in this remarkable cave are building a vivid new picture of the world of the Neanderthals. Using the innovative new VFX techniques, the underlying shape of Neanderthal skulls has been mapped onto the faces of modern human actors, allowing this lost world to be brought back to life with the most realistic reconstructions of the Neanderthals ever achieved. And all of it is based on the archaeological evidence from Shanidar alongside other locations across the Neanderthal range.
In Krapina, Croatia, the film visits a cave where evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism may contain a hidden meaning; in a secret location in Bruniquel, France, a ring of stalagmites has been discovered deep into a cave, built by Neanderthals some 170,000 years before Stonehenge; and finally in the Gorham’s Cave complex of Gibraltar, evidence points to one of the last places Neanderthals inhabited before they finally went extinct.
What is emerging from these sites is a radical new understanding of our distant cousins. Far from being brutish, thickset ‘cavemen,’ Neanderthals are revealed to be a caring, empathetic, and creative group of people. They were just another way of being human.
Secrets of the Neanderthals is produced by the same team behind the recent Netflix hit film Einstein and the Bomb. BBC Studios Science Unit has an incredible reputation for producing high-quality documentary films and series, and other titles for Netflix that include The Anthrax Attacks, Our Universe and The Surgeon’s Cut.
Andrew Cohen, Head of the BBC Studios Science Unit, says: ‘What a privilege it has been to be able to tell this story about one of the most important prehistoric caves on the planet. A treasure trove of archaeology that is yielding so much new information about the life and times of the Neanderthals.’
Gideon Bradshaw, Executive Producer at BBC Studios Science Unit, says: ‘With thoughtful casting, incredibly realistic prosthetic make-up, and meticulously crafted wardrobe - all enhanced by a revolutionary CGI technique - we have been able to bring Neanderthals to life like never before. Every design choice, every scene is built upon evidence from the archaeological record, supervised by the world’s leading Neanderthal experts.’
Secrets of the Neanderthals, an 80-minute documentary film, is made by BBC Studios Science Unit for Netflix. The Director is Ashley Gething and Clementine Cheetham is the Producer. The Executive Producers are Andrew Cohen and Gideon Bradshaw.
(BBC)
A unique excavation unravels the complex and creative nature of Neanderthals, shattering preconceptions through the lens of a landmark discovery - the best-preserved Neanderthal skeleton found in over 25 years.
The documentary ("Secrets of the Neanderthals", 2024) hinges on a recent excavation at Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. We follow a team of archaeologists, led by the enthusiastic Professor Graeme Barker, as they unearth a remarkably well-preserved Neanderthal skeleton - the first of its kind in the region for over 25 years. This discovery forms the narrative spine, allowing the exploration of Neanderthal life through the lens of this individual.
What elevates "Secrets of the Neanderthals" is its focus on debunking outdated stereotypes. Neanderthals are no longer depicted as knuckle-dragging brutes. The film effectively highlights their complex tool use, elaborate burial rituals, and potential capacity for symbolic thought. This revised image is bolstered by impressive CGI reconstructions that breathe life into these ancient humans…..
Overall, "Secrets of the Neanderthals" is a solid and informative documentary. It serves as a timely reminder that our understanding of human prehistory is constantly evolving. (IMDb)
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