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First peoples. Episode 2, Africa.

Brown, Nicolas, (film director.). PBS (Firm),. (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm) (Distributor).

Summary:

Around 200,000 years ago, a new species, Homo sapiens, appeared on the African landscape. While scientists have imagined eastern Africa as a real-life Garden of Eden, the latest research suggests humans evolved in many places across the continent at the same time. DNA from a 19th-century African-American slave is forcing geneticists to re-think the origins of our species. The theory is that our ancestors met, mated and hybridized with other human types in Africa -- creating ever greater diversity within our species.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (55 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : PBS, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by PBS in 2015.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.