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First Steps: 6 million years ago, what set our ancestors on the path from ape to human? The first part of NOVA's comprehensive, three-part special "Becoming Human" examines the factors that caused us to split from the other great apes. The television program premiers on PBS on Tuesday, November 3rd.
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