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First Peoples

Season 1 Episode 4: Europe

When Homo sapiens turned up in prehistoric Europe, they ran into the Neanderthals. The two types of human were similar enough-intellectually and culturally-to interbreed. But as more Homo sapiens moved into Europe and the population...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Africa

1. Africa

Aired: Jun 24, 2015

200,000 years ago, a new species, Homo sapiens, appeared on the African lands...

Episode 2 Asia

2. Asia

Aired: Jun 24, 2015

Discover the ancient humans living across Asia when Homo sapiens arrived. Our...

Episode 3 Australia

3. Australia

Aired: Jul 1, 2015

When humans arrived in Australia, they were, for the first time, truly alone,...

Episode 4 Europe

4. Europe

Aired: Jul 1, 2015

When Homo sapiens turned up in prehistoric Europe, they ran into the Neandert...

Episode 5 Americas

5. Americas

Aired: Jul 8, 2015

As early humans spread out across the world, their toughest challenge was col...

Info about First Peoples

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Production Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States

Genres:Documentary, History