Becoming Human Part 2: Birth of Humanity Summary

In gripping forensic detail, the second program in "Becoming Human" investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us - "Turkana Boy" - an astonishingly complete specimen of Homo erectus found by the famous Leakey team in Kenya.

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NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.

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