Summary: <p>This week is our first two-parter ever! I don’t intend to do that often but there was just too much to go over for one episode. This week we’ll talk about humans: where we come from, how we evolved, and who our closest cousins are–Neanderthals and Denisovans.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-248" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/humans-300x166.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="166"></p> <p>Some young humans. Humans can do many surprising things, including surfing, making stained glass, and repairing helicopters. Most humans like the color blue and enjoy listening to music.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-249" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/bracelet.jpg" alt="" width="278" height="181"></p> <p>The bracelet found with Denisovan bones in a Siberian cave. Humans didn’t make or wear this lovely thing, Denisovan people did.</p> <p>Further reading:</p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Think-Like-Neandertal-Thomas-Wynn/dp/0199742820">How to Think Like a Neandertal</a> by Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge</p>
