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Augmented

Season 49 Episode 4
1:25:02
Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's

Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's

Season 49 Episode 5
53:28
Why Ships Crash

Why Ships Crash

Season 49 Episode 8
53:20
Ice Age Footprints

Ice Age Footprints

Season 49 Episode 9
53:21
Ultimate Space Telescope

Ultimate Space Telescope

Season 49 Episode 10
53:33
Ending HIV in America

Ending HIV in America

Season 49 Episode 11
53:33
Saving Venice

Saving Venice

Season 49 Episode 12
53:31
Rebuilding Notre Dame

Rebuilding Notre Dame

Season 49 Episode 13
53:30
Computers v. Crime

Computers v. Crime

Season 49 Episode 14
53:30
Can Psychedelics Cure?

Can Psychedelics Cure?

Season 49 Episode 15
53:47
Ocean Invaders

Ocean Invaders

Season 49 Episode 16
53:32
Nazca Desert Mystery

Nazca Desert Mystery

Season 49 Episode 17
53:31
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Great Mammoth Mystery

Season 49 Episode 3

Sir David Attenborough investigates a unique site in southern England where amateur fossil hunters uncovered giant mammoth bones and evidence of Neanderthals. A team of paleontologists and archaeologists soon discover that the site preserves rare evidence of the extinct beasts and early human inhabitants of Britain dating to over 200,000 years ago.

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