First Peoples (TV program)

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First Peoples is a five-part PBS television documentary program about the first people on the Earth. The program aired in 2015. [1] It shows how humans reached each continent, focusing on various fossil discoveries and placing them into the context of what research has discovered about pre-modern human migration. The program includes interviews with many of the researchers involved in these studies, [2] such as geneticists Svante Pääbo and Eske Willerslev and anthropologists John D. Hawks [3] and Nicole Waguespack. [4]

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Episodes

  1. "First Peoples: Americas" [5] The episode begins with a lengthy discussion on Kennewick Man and what his DNA reveals about him. [6]
  2. "First Peoples: Africa" [7] This episode discusses the Jebel Irhoud skull found in Morocco. It also discusses evidence of other humans in West and Central Africa. [1]
  3. "First Peoples: Asia" [8] It emphasized man's need to explore. Because of that need they encountered other peoples. Modern human DNA shows the earliest Homo sapiens interbred with other human species such as Neanderthals. [6]
  4. "First Peoples: Australia" [9] This program explores the close connections between the first people and modern-day Australian Aborigines. [10]
  5. "First Peoples: Europe" [11] It highlights the explosion of art in Europe that came with the Homo sapiens. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 Kristina Killgrove (June 24, 2015). "Review: 'First Peoples' Series Chronicles Origins And Spread Of Modern Humans". Forbes. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ John Timmer (June 24, 2015). "Review: PBS' "First Peoples" tracks our arrival on every continent". Ars Technica . Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ "First Peoples - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ "UW Anthropologist to Appear in "First Peoples" PBS Series". Sweetwater Now. May 27, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Americas – First Peoples". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Neil Genzlinger (June 23, 2015). "Review: 'First Peoples' Finds the Drive to Explore in Our DNA". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Africa – First Peoples". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Asia – First Peoples". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Australia – First Peoples". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "First Peoples". ThinkTV/Public Media Connect. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  11. ↑ "First Peoples – Europe". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

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