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First Peoples

Season 1
See how the mixing of prehistoric human genes led the way for our species to survive and thrive around the globe. Archaeology, genetics and anthropology cast new light on 200,000 years of history, detailing how early humans became dominant.
IMDb 7.720155 episodesTV-14
Documentary•Historical
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Americas
    June 23, 2015
    55min
    TV-PG
    Learn why an underwater discovery in Mexico may rewrite the story of early migration to the Americas.
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  2. S1 E2 - Africa
    June 23, 2015
    55min
    TV-14
    Examine research that suggests we humans are patchwork species of hybrids.
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  3. S1 E3 - Asia
    June 30, 2015
    55min
    TV-PG
    Discover a type of ancient human, living across Asia, whose genes helped us face down extinction.
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  4. S1 E4 - Australia
    June 30, 2015
    55min
    TV-PG
    Learn how Homo sapiens, new in Australia and truly alone, managed to survive and flourish.
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  5. S1 E5 - Europe
    July 7, 2015
    55min
    TV-PG
    Find out why Neanderthals, with whom early humans in Europe interbred, went extinct.
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Violence
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Directors
Nicolas BrownNigel WalkTim Lambert
Producers
Wall to Wall
Cast
Kerry ShaleJohn HawksSvante PääboEske WillerslevPhilipp GunzArmand MinthornJeff RoseWulf HeinThomas WalesIsrael Hershkovitz
Studio
PBS
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