Prmitive Urges

Inspired by the ways early man ate and exercised, an interesting experiment turns the clock back to prehistoric as modern apartment dwellers adopt aspects of a Paleolithic era lifestyle.

Audio: WBUR FM, Boston 5/6/10, Reporter: Andrea Shea.

Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man (1970) @ Yahoo! Video

Extinct for 30,000 years, Neanderthals have been believed to be the closest relative to modern humans, but an evolutionary dead end.

Not so fast says the Neanderthal Genome Project, which is sequencing their genes... In part to determine whether interbreeding merged them with later migrations of modern humans who are now, at least in part, Neanderthal.

The first draft of Neanderthals' genetic code was released this past week, and scientists are surprised by comparisons to humans.

Audio: CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks 5/8/10, Host: Bob McDonald.