Neanderthal Apocalypse

This documentary that involves the prehistory of the planet if like all the others. Full of fairy tales and wild eyed guesses. It's entertaining but there is almost no facts to support the story behind the documentary. All of it is void of real facts. Remember facts are something you can prove.

The narrators pronunciation of Neanderthal is incorrect, which would not be so bad if he only said it once or twice however it's more like every 30 seconds. I lasted about 5 minutes then could not take it anymore and stopped watching. I kept asking myself, did they not listen to the specialists they interviewed who pronounced Neanderthal correctly?

To the reviewer who had a problem with the "thal" being pronounced "tal" -- English is a Germanic language and there are various pronunciations and it is most accurate to go with the German pronunciation for places that are in Germany -- such as the Neander Valley which is pronounced in German: "Neander-tal". In fact they also vary in English itself: Do you pronounce Thomas, Thyme or Thailand with a "th" or 't" sound?

To the reviewer who said the documentary was based on "no evidence;" if you are referring to the conjecture as to the extinction of the Neanderthal in the documentary, yes they do go overboard with drama and give undue weight to non mainstream theories (which is why it deserves no more than a 7. But please the evidence of Neaderthals from about 400,000 BP is not contested by anyone. We know a huge amount about their anatomy, genetics, relationship to us on the human and hominid family tree, and also have some fairly good evidence as to their lifeways. The documentary is not a good representation on what the science says about their extinction/absorption, but is otherwise factual.

They way they pronounce Neanderthal was enough for me to rage quit watching this show. It was almost like they pronounce the Thal part as "toll" on purpose just to be different. Neeandeeeertoll. What's worse, it is mispronounced on average of 3 times per minute. Go back.... and start over.