“Unearthed Horror: What Happened When a Defrosted Neanderthal Went Wild Before Being Refrozen?”
Imagine waking up after 40,000 years and finding yourself in a lab filled with beeping machinery, scientists cackling, and—wait for it—TikTok scrolling right past your eyes! That’s exactly what went down at the University of California, San Diego, where researchers not only thawed a Neanderthal but apparently did so for their own amusement. Who knew that defrosting a prehistoric specimen could turn into an unexpected comedy show? As the Neanderthal leaps into the 21st century, flinging lab equipment like it’s a hot potato and grappling with an existential crisis, one can’t help but ask: Are we the ones being studied here? Dive into the hilarity of science gone awry, where anthropological study meets sheer chaos. LEARN MORE
SAN DIEGOâAppearing excited by a change of pace around the lab, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, reportedly laughed and cheered Friday as one of their perfectly preserved Neanderthal specimens regained consciousness and ran around shrieking after it was defrosted. âReleasing him from his cryochamber every so often is important to prevent loss of muscle mass, but the main reason we do it is just to watch him flail around and go absolutely nuts in a world heâs unfamiliar with,â said Professor Garret White, head of the cryogenics lab, who ducked as the Neanderthal flung a beaker, a liquid nitrogen tank, and an electron microscope across the room. âIf weâre having a rough week, we may let him out two or even three times just to see the look on his face when he wakes up in the 21st century and has this instant existential breakdown. Our anthropological data suggests he was a feared pack leader around 40,000 years ago, so itâs particularly entertaining to see him get frustrated when the lab’s other Neanderthals, who are still frozen, donât obey his commands to flay us alive.â White added that when it was time to refreeze the angry Neanderthal, researchers simply handed him a tablet computer and let TikTokâs algorithm lull him into total complacency.
