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NOVA to feature UW-Madison cave man expert

A University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropolgy professor who is an often-quoted expert on Neandertal cave men will be featured on the public television series NOVA on Wednesday.John Hawks will talk about how researchers using modern genetics have discovered Neandertals and their society were more advanced — and possibly more like us — than the ancient human cousins are often portrayed in popular culture, according to a news release from the Madison campus.