Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity
NOVA · Season 37 · Episode 5
In gripping forensic detail, the second program in “Becoming Human” investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us — “Turkana Boy” — an astonishingly complete specimen of Homo erectus found by the famous Leakey team in Kenya.
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Season
37
Episode
5
Air Date
10/Nov/2009
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
55 min
Overview
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In gripping forensic detail, the second program in “Becoming Human” investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us — “Turkana Boy” — an astonishingly complete specimen of Homo erectus found by the famous Leakey team in Kenya.
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