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NOVA: In Search of Human Origins, Part Two

Nova (1994)

Documentary | United States

Director: Kirk Wolfinger, Sarah Holt

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SEASON: 21

EPISODE: 7 - In Search of Human Origins, Part Two

SYNOPSIS

Anthropologist Donald Johanson looks at how our human ancestors of two million years ago made their living. Contrary to popular myth, scavenging was a more lucrative living than hunting-and may have contributed to the development of human intelligence.

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Voice: Eriq La Salle, Kay Tong Lim, Yu Beng Lim, Timothy Nga, Gerald Chew, Dan Ziskie, Craig S. Wollman, Patrice Donnell

Writer: Julia Cort, Joseph McMaster

Narrator: Will Lyman, Neil Ross

RUNTIME: 55 min

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