First Peoples
See how the mixing of prehistoric human genes led the way for our species.
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Americas
S1 Ep1 | 54m 41s
Learn why a discovery in Mexico may rewrite the story of early migration to the Americas.
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Australia
S1 Ep4 | 54m 42s
Learn how Homo sapiens, new in Australia and truly alone, managed to survive and flourish.
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Europe
S1 Ep5 | 54m 42s
Find out why Neanderthals, with whom early humans in Europe interbred, went extinct.
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Official Trailer
2m 4s
See how the mixing of prehistoric human genes led the way for our species to thrive.
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The Dangers of Genetic Isolation
2m 5s
Witness the dangers of genetic isolation exemplified by the duck-billed platypus.
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An Impossible Task
2m 34s
Scientists demonstrate the challenges in reconstructing DNA from a Neanderthal bone.
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Eva of Naharon – The First American?
S1 Ep1 | 1m 2s
Eva of Naharon was discovered in 2008 on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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The Clovis Point – The First American Invention
S1 Ep1 | 48s
The Clovis point is an amazing piece of Stone Age technology used to hunt animals.
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Next on Episode 1 | Americas
S1 Ep1 | 30s
Learn why a discovery in Mexico may rewrite the story of early migration to the Americas.
![First Peoples Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/pbs/first-peoples/174176/images/mezzanine_720.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Omo 1 – The World’s First Modern Human
S1 Ep2 | 59s
195,000 years ago, Omo-1 was a hunter prowling the east African savanna.
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The Secret to Our Success – Connectivity
S1 Ep2 | 2m 19s
200,000 years ago, a new species appeared on the African landscape.
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Next on Episode 2 | Africa
S1 Ep2 | 30s
Examine research that suggests we humans are patchwork species of hybrids.
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The Denisovans – A New Type of Human Discovered by Genetics
S1 Ep3 | 1m 25s
Discover the ancient humans living across Asia when Homo sapiens arrived.
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Next on Episode 3 | Asia
S1 Ep3 | 30s
Discover a type of ancient human whose genes helped us face down extinction.
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My Ancestors
S1 Ep4 | 2m 4s
The close cultural and genetic link between early Australians and modern-day Aborigines.
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Next on Episode 4 | Australia
S1 Ep4 | 30s
Learn how Homo sapiens, new in Australia and truly alone, managed to survive and flourish.
![First Peoples Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/pbs/first-peoples/174220/images/mezzanine_498.png.crop.780x439.jpg)
A Human Hybrid?
S1 Ep5 | 1m 28s
When Homo sapiens turned up in prehistoric Europe, they ran into the Neanderthals.
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Next on Episode 5 | Europe
S1 Ep5 | 30s
Find out why Neanderthals, with whom early humans in Europe interbred, went extinct.
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