First Peoples

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Rating:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:7Last episode broadcasted:07/08/2015 at 6:17AM

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Europe Promo

07/08/2015 3.0 33 x

Find out why Neanderthals, with whom early humans in Europe interbred, went extinct.

54:42

When Homo sapiens turned up in prehistoric Europe, they ran into the Neanderthals. The two types of human were similar enough – intellectually and culturally - to interbreed. But as more Homo sapiens moved into Europe and the population increased, t...

54:42

Asia

07/01/2015 3.0 30 x

Discover the ancient humans living across Asia when Homo sapiens arrived. Our ancestors mated with them and their genes found a home within our DNA. More than that, they’ve helped us face down extinction.

54:42

Australia

07/01/2015 3.0 26 x

When humans arrived in Australia, they were, for the first time, truly alone, surrounded by wildly different flora and fauna. How did they survive and populate a continent? There is a close cultural and genetic link between early Australians and mod...

55:11

Africa

06/24/2015 3.0 22 x

200,000 years ago 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. Now...

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02:04Preview06/24/2015

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