Out of Asia.
It is almost universally accepted that the human species evolved in Africa almost 100,000 years ago and from there spread to other continents, but new evidence from Australia and Indonesia suggests a different story. But the techniques used to date sediment samples and fossils are controversial. Did...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
| Published: |
London :
BBC,
©1997.
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| Series: | Horizon (Television program)
As it happened (Television program) |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | It is almost universally accepted that the human species evolved in Africa almost 100,000 years ago and from there spread to other continents, but new evidence from Australia and Indonesia suggests a different story. But the techniques used to date sediment samples and fossils are controversial. Did modern humans emerge from Asia? In 1996, at Jinmium, in the Australian outback, archaeologists found a group of rock shelters covered with the earliest kind of rock art. |
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| Item Description: | A BBC/Discovery Communications Inc. co-production. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 videofile). |
| Playing Time: | 00:48:55 |
| Production Credits: | Narrator, Peter Capaldi; writer and producer, Chris Hale; editor John Lynch. |