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200,000 years ago, a new species appeared on the African landscape.

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Witness the dangers of genetic isolation exemplified by the duck-billed platypus.

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The Clovis point is an amazing piece of Stone Age technology used to hunt animals.

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Scientists demonstrate the challenges in reconstructing DNA from a Neanderthal bone.

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Archaeologists uncover a modern human in a European cave.

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The close cultural and genetic link between early Australians and modern-day Aborigines.

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Explore what motivated early human migration to Asia.

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Discover the ancient humans living across Asia when Homo sapiens arrived.

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195,000 years ago, Omo-1 was a hunter prowling the east African savanna.

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When Homo sapiens turned up in prehistoric Europe, they ran into the Neanderthals.