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Asia

Discover the ancient humans living across Asia when Homo sapiens arrived. Our ancestors mated with them and their genes found a home within our DNA. More than that, they’ve helped us face down extinction.

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Europe

Find out why Neanderthals, with whom early humans in Europe interbred, went extinct.

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Australia

Learn how Homo sapiens, new in Australia and truly alone, managed to survive and flourish.

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Africa

Examine research that suggests we humans are patchwork species of hybrids.

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