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What do we know about Omo-1’s life?
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Omo 1 was discovered in 1967, but scientists didn’t realize he was 195,000 years old.
“The Way In” with John Erlandson
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Jon Erlandson believes the first Americans came by boat as early as 16,000 years ago.
Where in Africa did our species arise?
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In the early days of our species, different groups must have been connected in some way.
When modern humans left Africa, who did they meet?
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In 2010 geneticists managed to crack the genetic code of a Neanderthal.
Archaeological evidence of Neanderthal ingenuity
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Neanderthal used lissoir tools in ways similar to contemporary leather workers.
Archaeologist João Zilhão explains how Oase-1 may have died
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Oase-1 is the oldest definitively modern human found anywhere in Europe.
Ancestral and modern cultures connect
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A sense of connectedness is still engrained within Aboriginal culture.
DNA evidence of the Australian migration
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Archaeology tells us that humans were present in Australia at least 40,000 years ago.
Archaeologist Jeff Rose
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Archaeologist Jeff Rose pieces together the route taken by the first people out of Africa.
Discovering Eva of Naharon
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Eva of Naharon dates 5,000 years before homo sapiens were thought to have enter America.
How Mungo Man was discovered
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42,000 years ago a man was buried by a lakeside in Australia.
The Max Planck Institute
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The Max Planck Institute is a leader in the study of ancient DNA.
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