Australia -
first peoples

Sun, Mar 30 4:00 A.M. NHPBS (11.1)  

When Homo sapiens arrived in Australia, they were - for the first time - truly alone, surrounded by wildly different flora and fauna. How did they survive and populate a continent? There is a close cultural and genetic link between the First Australians and modern-day Aborigines -- the ancient and modern story intersect here as nowhere else in the world. The secret to this continuity is diversity. Intuitively, they found the right balance between being separate and connected.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 104

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Sun, Mar 30

4:00 A.M.

Australia     NHPBS (11.1)

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About First Peoples:

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.

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