An Impossible Task

Clip: S1 | 2m 34s | Scientists demonstrate the challenges in reconstructing DNA from a Neanderthal bone. (2m 34s)

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The Dangers of Genetic Isolation

Clip: S1 | 2m 5s | Witness the dangers of genetic isolation exemplified by the duck-billed platypus. (2m 5s)

Official Trailer

Preview: S1 | 2m 4s | See how the mixing of prehistoric human genes led the way for our species to thrive. (2m 4s)

Next on Episode 4 | Australia

Preview: Ep4 | 30s | Learn how Homo sapiens, new in Australia and truly alone, managed to survive and flourish. (30s)

Next on Episode 3 | Asia

Preview: Ep3 | 30s | Discover a type of ancient human whose genes helped us face down extinction. (30s)

Next on Episode 5 | Europe

Preview: Ep5 | 30s | Find out why Neanderthals, with whom early humans in Europe interbred, went extinct. (30s)

A Human Hybrid?

Clip: Ep5 | 1m 28s | When Homo sapiens turned up in prehistoric Europe, they ran into the Neanderthals. (1m 28s)

The First Modern European

Clip: Ep5 | 2m 14s | Archaeologists uncover a modern human in a European cave. (2m 14s)

My Ancestors

Clip: Ep4 | 2m 4s | The close cultural and genetic link between early Australians and modern-day Aborigines. (2m 4s)

The Denisovans – A New Type of Human Discovered by Genetics

Clip: Ep3 | 1m 25s | Discover the ancient humans living across Asia when Homo sapiens arrived. (1m 25s)

The Curious Species

Clip: Ep3 | 1m 22s | Explore what motivated early human migration to Asia. (1m 22s)

The Secret to Our Success - Connectivity

Clip: Ep2 | 2m 19s | 200,000 years ago, a new species appeared on the African landscape. (2m 19s)

Omo 1 - The World's First Modern Human

Clip: Ep2 | 59s | 195,000 years ago, Omo-1 was a hunter prowling the east African savanna. (59s)

Next on Episode 2 | Africa

Preview: Ep2 | 30s | Examine research that suggests we humans are patchwork species of hybrids. (30s)

Next on Episode 1 | Americas

Preview: Ep1 | 30s | Learn why a discovery in Mexico may rewrite the story of early migration to the Americas. (30s)

Eva of Naharon - The First American?

Clip: Ep1 | 1m 2s | Eva of Naharon was discovered in 2008 on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. (1m 2s)

The Clovis Point - The First American Invention

Clip: Ep1 | 48s | The Clovis point is an amazing piece of Stone Age technology used to hunt animals. (48s)