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Would You Face a Bear With a Spear? Ancient Humans Might Have

Archaeologists unearth traces of a 14,000-year-old struggle for survival — when early humans risked everything to hunt bears.
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Season 52 Episodes

Operation Space Station: Science and Survival
S52 E20 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 11/12/25

Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build
S52 E19 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 11/05/25

Superfloods
S52 E18 Length 53:28 Premiere Date 10/29/25

Ancient Desert Death Trap
S52 E17 Length 53:21 Premiere Date 10/22/25

Human: Building Empires
S52 E16 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 10/15/25

Human: Into the Americas
S52 E15 Length 53:25 Premiere Date 10/08/25

Human: Neanderthal Encounters
S52 E14 Length 53:27 Premiere Date 10/01/25

Human: Journeys
S52 E13 Length 53:25 Premiere Date 09/24/25

Human: Origins
S52 E12 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 09/17/25

Ultimate Crash Test: Impact
S52 E11 Length 53:27 Premiere Date 05/14/25

Ultimate Crash Test: Countdown
S52 E10 Length 53:29 Premiere Date 05/07/25

Critical Condition: Health in Black America
S52 E9 Length 1:36:42 Premiere Date 04/30/25

Secrets of the Forest
S52 E8 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 04/16/25

Revolutionary War Weapons
S52 E7 Length 53:39 Premiere Date 04/09/25

Baltimore Bridge Collapse
S52 E6 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 02/26/25

Pompeii's Secret Underworld
S52 E5 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 02/19/25

Egypt's Tombs of Amun
S52 E4 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 02/12/25

Dino Birds
S52 E3 Length 53:35 Premiere Date 02/05/25

Extreme Airport Engineering
S52 E2 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 01/29/25

What Are UFOs?
S52 E1 Length 53:29 Premiere Date 01/22/25

These Are the World’s Oldest Mummies
Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 12/09/25

Human: Into the Americas Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 10/08/25

Would You Face a Bear With a Spear? Ancient Humans Might Have
Clip Length 03:06 Premiere Date 10/08/25

The Next Big Earthquake Could Sink Parts of the Pacific Northwest
Clip Length 05:08 Premiere Date 08/04/25

How Harvard Discovered It Has an Original Copy of the Magna Carta
Clip Length 03:13 Premiere Date 07/10/25

This Giant Telescope Will Reveal The Universe in Unbelievable Detail
Clip Length 05:59 Premiere Date 07/07/25

The Science of Scratch-Offs: What Your Brain Can’t Resist
Clip Length 06:39 Premiere Date 07/07/25

These Smart Glasses Know Who You Are, and Much More
Clip Length 04:18 Premiere Date 04/17/25

4 Ways the Universe Could End
Clip Length 05:07 Premiere Date 03/13/25

Do Aliens Exist? This Famous Equation Offers a Clue
Clip Length 05:04 Premiere Date 03/13/25

The Rocket-Less Future of Space Travel
Clip Length 05:17 Premiere Date 03/13/25

Building Blocks of Life Discovered on Distant Asteroid
Clip Length 06:03 Premiere Date 03/07/25

This Asteroid Might Make Impact With Earth in 2032
Clip Length 03:33 Premiere Date 02/20/25

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Decoding the Universe: Cosmos - S51 E8

Trace groundbreaking discoveries in space research and exploration and follow the teams trying to solve two mysteries in cosmology - dark matter and dark energy.

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Decoding the Universe: Quantum - S51 E14

Discover the world of the subatomic realm in the quantum universe.

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When Whales Could Walk - S51 E1

Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved.

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Great Mammoth Mystery - S49 E3

Sir David Attenborough explores a unique site in southern England with rare traces of Ice Age mammoths and Neanderthals. How did humans survive the frigid climate, and did they have the tools and talent to hunt the giant beasts?

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Can Dogs Talk? - S53 E3

Scientists conduct the largest animal communication study in history to see if innovative word buttons truly enable dogs to talk.

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Athens: Birth of Democracy - S53 E7

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Your Brain: Who's in Control? - S50 E10

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