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Coming up: Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Awakening
Premieres Wednesday, April 10, at 9pm on WGBH 2
Hidden in the red hills of Australia are clues to the mysteries of Earth’s birth, how life arose, and how it transformed the planet into the world we now live in. Experts unveil the earliest forms of life: an odd assortment of bacterial slime. Life like this would flood the atmosphere with oxygen and spark the biological revolution that conquered the planet. Travel with Nova and host Dr. Richard Smith to meet the cast in the first scenes of the great drama of life on earth. Watch a preview:
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Decoding Neanderthals
Decoding Neanderthals
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Scientists examine evidence about Neanderthals that sheds light on the hominids, who died off some 30,000 years ago. See the 2010 reconstruction of the Neanderthal genome, which posits that modern humans and Neanderthals interbred.
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Venom: Nature's Killer
Venom: Nature's Killer
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Hunting down the most venomous animals to reveal their medical mysteries.
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures
NOVA
60 min.
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters Preview
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters Preview
NOVA
Some 250 million years ago, some of the largest, most dangerous reptiles ruled this land.
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes
NOVA
Fossils reveal how life’s explosion in the ocean was recreated on dry land.
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening
NOVA
60 min.
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