00:00Did you know the last Neanderthals left us a message before they vanished forever?
00:0528,000 years ago, fewer than 50 Neanderthals remained alive on Earth.
00:10They huddled in the caves of Gibraltar, the final survivors of a species that had ruled Europe.
00:15For 300,000 years, climate change and competition with modern humans had pushed.
00:20But here's what's incredible, they knew they were the end.
00:25On the cave walls, they pressed their hands into red ochre, creating the world's first abstract
00:30art.
00:31These weren't random marks, they were deliberate symbols.
00:35The final message from a dying species.
00:37Even facing extinction, they cared for their children.
00:40They were disabled members and buried their dead with ceremony.
00:43When the last individual died.
00:45Likely a woman who had tended to others until the very end.
00:49Neanderthals.
00:50They seemed gone forever.
00:51But here's the twist, they never truly disappeared.
00:55Today, up to 4% of your DNA is Neanderthal.
00:58They live on inside us.
01:00Making every human their final legacy.
01:01Making every human their final legacy.
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