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Ancient Earth: Humans

Season 50 Episode 15 | 53m 15s

How did Earth give rise to humans? With stunningly realistic animation, witness the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, the spread of primates across the planet, and the geologic events that made our species' existence possible.

Aired: 10/31/23 | Expires: 12/01/23
National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.
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A team of scientists and filmmakers explore the Antarctic waters to learn more about killer whales.
Fossils reveal how birds survived the killer asteroid and became today’s only living dinosaurs.
The change of seasons brings turmoil and tough choices to the three big cat families.
Female leopards are known to hunt the cubs of others -- even their own siblings.
Lions may not have the cheetah's speed or the leopard's forest cover but they have other tricks.
Baboons are the eyes and ears of the woodlands.
This mother cheetah's name Phefo means 'wind,' and you'll know why when you see her run.
Lion, leopard and cheetah parents attempt to co-exist and raise their cubs in Botswana.
Can science reveal the secrets of mysterious objects seen in our skies?
The lionesses synchronized their pregnancies, which may have seemed like a good idea at the time.
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