A Look Back at Ourselves

Show

Morning Magazine,

Presenter

Bren McGurk

Published

Monday 26th October

A new book by independent scholar Danny Vendramini is challenging previous beliefs about human evolution.

‘Them and Us: How Neanderthal Predation Created Modern Humans’, cites research that reveals Neanderthals as savage, cannibalistic carnivores, with humans included in their prey.

Previously thought to be docile omnivores, the predacious nature of the Neanderthal instigated the development of many characteristics that are intrinsically human.

Pulling together a number of different threads of scientific evidence, the book’s a unique look at evolution and the role of Neanderthals in human development.

Bren McGurk spoke to Author Danny Vendramini and took a closer look at where we came from.