简介：In"LastHumanStanding,"thefinalprogramofthethree-partseries"BecomingHuman,"NOVAexaminesthefateoftheNeanderthals,ourEuropeancousinswhodiedoutasmodernhumansspreadfromAfricaintoEuropeduringtheIceAge.DidmodernhumansinterbreedwithNeanderthalsorexterminatethem?TheprogramexplorescrucialevidencefromtherecentdecodingoftheNeanderthalgenome. Howdidmodernhumanstakeovertheworld?NewevidencesuggeststhattheyleftAfricaandcolonizedtherestoftheglobefarearlier,andfordifferentreasons,thanpreviouslythought.AsforHomosapiens,wehaveplanetEarthtoourselvestoday,butthat'saveryrecentandunusualsituation.Formillionsofyears,manykindsofhominidsco-existed.AtonetimeHomosapienssharedtheplanetwithNeanderthals,Homoerectus,andthemysterious"Hobbits"–three-foot-highhumanswhothrivedontheIndonesianislandofFloresuntilasrecentlyas12,000yearsago. "LastHumanStanding"examineswhy"we"survivedwhilethoseotherancestralcousinsdiedout.Anditexplorestheprovocativequestion:Inwhatwaysarewestillevolvingtoday?…