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The First Modern European

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A Human Hybrid?

A Human Hybrid?

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An Impossible Task

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When Whales Could Walk

When Whales Could Walk

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Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Plague

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First Peoples

The Denisovans – A New Type of Human Discovered by Genetics

On First Peoples: Asia, geneticist Svante Paabo uncovers a new branch of the human family tree; the Denisovans. Named after the Siberian cave where the single finger bone was found, these early humans were previously undiscovered.
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Season 1 Episode 5
Europe
Find out why Neanderthals, with whom early humans in Europe interbred, went extinct.
Australia
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Season 1 Episode 4
Australia
Learn how Homo sapiens, new in Australia and truly alone, managed to survive and flourish.
Asia
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Season 1 Episode 3
Asia
Discover a type of ancient human whose genes helped us face down extinction.
Africa
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Season 1 Episode 2
Africa
Examine research that suggests we humans are patchwork species of hybrids.
Americas
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Americas
Learn why a discovery in Mexico may rewrite the story of early migration to the Americas.
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