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An Impossible Task

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute, a leader in the study of ancient DNA, were the first to crack the genetic code of a Neanderthal. On First Peoples: Europe, Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo describes the challenges faced in reconstructing DNA from millions of degraded genome fragments found in a Neanderthal bone.
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Europe
S1 E5 Length 54:40 Premiere Date 07/07/15

Australia
S1 E4 Length 54:40 Premiere Date 06/30/15

Africa
S1 E2 Length 54:40 Premiere Date 06/23/15

Americas
S1 E1 Length 54:40 Premiere Date 06/23/15

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Americas - S1 E1

Premiered On: 06/24/2015

Learn why an underwater discovery in Mexico may rewrite the story of early migration to the Americas.

  • Monday May 20, 2024 2:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
  • Monday May 20, 2024 1:00 pm CT on KETWORLD

Africa - S1 E2

Premiered On: 06/25/2015

Research suggests that humans evolved in many places across the African continent at the same time.

  • Monday May 20, 2024 3:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
  • Monday May 20, 2024 2:00 pm CT on KETWORLD

Asia - S1 E3

Premiered On: 07/01/2015

The latest evidence sheds light on what happened when people expanded out of Africa and into Asia. When Homo sapiens arrived in Australia, they were - for the first time - truly alone.

  • Monday May 20, 2024 4:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
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Australia - S1 E4

Premiered On: 07/02/2015

When Homo sapiens 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?

  • Tuesday May 21, 2024 2:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
  • Tuesday May 21, 2024 1:00 pm CT on KETWORLD

Europe - S1 E5

Premiered On: 07/08/2015

As more Homo sapiens moved into Europe, there was an explosion of art and symbolic thought.

  • Tuesday May 21, 2024 3:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
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