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The Denisovans – A New Type of Human Discovered by Genetics

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The Dangers of Genetic Isolation

The Dangers of Genetic Isolation

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The First Modern European

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A Human Hybrid?

A Human Hybrid?

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First Peoples

The Secret to Our Success - Connectivity

200,000 years ago, a new species, Homo sapiens, appeared on the African landscape. While scientists have long imagined eastern Africa as a real-life Garden of Eden, the latest research suggests humans evolved in many places across the continent at the same time.
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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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Season 1 Episode 1
Americas
Learn why a discovery in Mexico may rewrite the story of early migration to the Americas.
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