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Next on Episode 3 | Asia
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Discover a type of ancient human whose genes helped us face down extinction.
Next on Episode 2 | Africa
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Examine research that suggests we humans are patchwork species of hybrids.
Next on Episode 5 | Europe
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Find out why Neanderthals, with whom early humans in Europe interbred, went extinct.
Next on Episode 4 | Australia
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Learn how Homo sapiens, new in Australia and truly alone, managed to survive and flourish.
Next on Episode 1 | Americas
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Learn why a discovery in Mexico may rewrite the story of early migration to the Americas.
Official Trailer
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See how the mixing of prehistoric human genes led the way for our species to thrive.
Eva of Naharon - The First American?
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Eva of Naharon was discovered in 2008 on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
The Secret to Our Success - Connectivity
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200,000 years ago, a new species appeared on the African landscape.
The Dangers of Genetic Isolation
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Witness the dangers of genetic isolation exemplified by the duck-billed platypus.
The Clovis Point - The First American Invention
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The Clovis point is an amazing piece of Stone Age technology used to hunt animals.
An Impossible Task
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Scientists demonstrate the challenges in reconstructing DNA from a Neanderthal bone.
The First Modern European
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Archaeologists uncover a modern human in a European cave.
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