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Nova: Dawn of Humanity

Nova (2015)

Documentary, Biographical | United States

Director: Graham Townsley

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Rating: 7.7/10

SEASON: 42

EPISODE: 13 - Dawn of Humanity

SYNOPSIS

This documentary chronicles one of the great fossil-finds of our time. We were there filming as the discoveries were made and now they are rewriting the story of our human origins, filling in a mysterious million year gap in the fossil record of our evolution. In that gap is the dawn of humanity.

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Producer: Kristine Allington, Paula Apsell

RUNTIME: 114 min

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