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Alien From Earth Do the remains of a tiny hobbit-like creature
found on the island of Flores belong to a new human
species?
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America's Stone Age Explorers Who were the first Americans, and where did they
come from?
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Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land Israel's remote Cave of Letters holds clues to a
Jewish uprising against the Romans.
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Ape Genius Experts zero in on what separates humans from our
closest living relatives.
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Boldest Hoax, The Who perpetrated Piltdown Man, the greatest
scientific fraud of the 20th century?
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Darwin's Darkest Hour A two-hour drama on the crisis that forced Darwin
to publish his theory of evolution.
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Family That Walks on All Fours Experts explore the mysterious story of five
siblings living in a remote Turkish village.
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Great Escape Experts dig into World War II's most daring and
technically ingenious prison break.
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Great Inca Rebellion, The Mass graves and forensic evidence reveal a
complex truth about how the Inca Empire fell.
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Ice Mummies Archeologists from the Andes to the Alps and
beyond learn about lost cultures from remarkably
well-preserved human remains.
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Japan's Secret Garden For at least 2,000 years, the wildlife and people
living around Japan's Lake Biwa have lived in a
harmonious balance.
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Last Great Ape, The An expedition into the Congo examines one of our
closest living relatives, the peace-loving bonobo.
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NOVA scienceNOW: Little People of Flores The remains of three-foot-tall humans are
discovered on a remote Indonesian island.
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Lost City of Arabia Helped by remote sensing, an expedition searches
Oman's vast al-Khali desert for the lost city of Ubar.
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Lost King of the Maya Using ancient hieroglyphs and new excavations,
archeologists investigate the rise and fall of the
majestic city of Copan.
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Lost Roman Treasure Experts rescue priceless mosaics from an ancient
city about to vanish beneath a reservoir.
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Lost Treasures of Tibet A crack restoration team tries to prevent
priceless medieval Buddhist murals from crumbling into
dust.
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Lost Tribes of Israel An anthropologist looks for the lost city of
Africa's Lemba tribe, and investigates their claim to an
ancient Jewish heritage.
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NOVA scienceNOW: Mammoth Mystery A pair of mammoth skeletons is found locked
together by their tusks. What happened?
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Master of the Killer Ants The Mofu people of Cameroon rely on an unlikely
ally—a driver ant—to protect their homes and
crops.
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Megabeasts' Sudden Death Scientists propose a radical new idea of what
killed off mammoths and other large animals at the end
of the Ice Age.
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Mummy Who Would be King, The Could a mummy exhibited for 140 years at an
obscure museum in Niagara Falls be the remains of a
long-lost Egyptian pharaoh?
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Musical Minds Oliver Sacks explores how the power of music can
make the brain come alive.
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Mysteries of the Nile Explore ancient Egypt through a stunning series
of interactive panoramic photographs.
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Mysterious Mummies of China Three-thousand-year-old mummies with long blond
hair and blue eyes are unearthed in a remote Chinese
desert.
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Mystery of the First Americans The discovery of a 9,000-year-old skeleton
embroils scientists in a debate over North America's
first inhabitants.
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Neanderthals on Trial Are Neanderthals our ancestors or an evolutionary
dead end?
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Perfect Corpse, The Forensic investigators tease secrets from the
well-preserved bodies of people buried long ago in peat
bogs.
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Pocahontas Revealed Archeologists uncover the reality behind a great
American myth.
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Pyramids—The Inside Story Wander through the chambers and passageways of
the Great Pyramid and learn about the pyramid builders.
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Search for the Lost Cave People Caves lining a rugged canyon deep in the Chiapas
jungle hold clues to the little known Zoque people.
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Secrets of Easter Island A team attempts to recreate the original
islanders' success at moving and erecting giant moai
statues.
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Secrets of Lost Empires II: China Bridge Two teams working from opposite sides of a
turbulent river attempt to build a 12th-century Chinese
bridge.
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Secrets of Lost Empires II: Easter Island How did the ancient Easter Islanders move and
erect giant stone statues? Our team tests one theory.
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Secrets of Lost Empires II: Medieval Siege Two teams set out to build precise replicas of a
fearsome medieval weapon—the trebuchet.
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Secrets of Lost Empires II: Pharaoh's Obelisk Experts take on the challenge of raising a 40-ton
obelisk without using modern technology.
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Secrets of Lost Empires II: Roman Bath NOVA sets out to create a working Roman bath,
complete with hot tubs and underfloor heating.
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Sultan's Lost Treasure Archeologists salvage more than 12,000 pieces of
Chinese porcelain from an ancient shipwreck.
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Treasures of the Sunken City Divers search the seafloor for one of the seven
wonders of the ancient world: the Lighthouse of
Alexandria.
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Vikings, The Recent discoveries paint a complex portrait of
the Vikings and their boat journeys to places as
far-flung as Istanbul.
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Warriors of the Amazon Explore the unique culture of the Yanomami, an
isolated tribe living deep in the Amazonian rainforest.
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