Becoming Human: Last Human Standing
NOVA · Season 37 · Episode 6
The final program examines the roots of our own species, Homo sapiens, which new evidence pinpoints to southern Africa some 200,000 years ago. New discoveries are upending old ideas and suggesting that our exodus from Africa was far earlier than previously thought.
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Season
37
Episode
6
Air Date
17/Nov/2009
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
55 min
Overview
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The final program examines the roots of our own species, Homo sapiens, which new evidence pinpoints to southern Africa some 200,000 years ago. New discoveries are upending old ideas and suggesting that our exodus from Africa was far earlier than previously thought.
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