This week on Break It Down, we now know when humans and Neanderthals hooked up, could a human head transplant ever be realistic, a dino fossil skin preserved like glass has both scales and feathers, sometimes stars completely vanish, a skull from China tells us more about the Dragon Man, and we delve into the concept of dark extinctions.

Sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…

Links:

Humans and Neanderthals: https://www.iflscience.com/we-now-know-exactly-when-humans-and-neanderthals-hooked-up-74337

Human head transplants:https://www.iflscience.com/hair-raising-human-head-transplant-machine-concept-unveiled-by-startup-but-is-it-realistic-74332

Dino skin fossil: https://www.iflscience.com/hidden-gem-fossil-of-dinosaur-skin-preserved-like-glass-reveals-it-had-scales-and-feathers-74317

Vanishing stars: https://www.iflscience.com/hundreds-of-stars-have-vanished-without-a-trace-a-new-study-could-explain-why-74343

Dragon Man lineage: https://www.iflscience.com/mysterious-1-million-year-old-skull-from-china-may-belong-to-dragon-man-lineage-74301

Dark extinctions: https://www.iflscience.com/how-dark-extinctions-are-silently-erasing-life-on-earth-74316

Euclid images: https://www.iflscience.com/dark-matter-hunting-euclid-releases-incredible-new-images-sparkling-with-stars-and-galaxies-74331

Heart symbol video: https://youtu.be/tmIj7cohdCQ