{"id":401,"date":"2010-01-11T16:02:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T21:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/?p=401"},"modified":"2018-09-10T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T19:08:12","slug":"web-exclusive-video-the-south-african-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/video\/web-exclusive-video-the-south-african-spark\/401\/","title":{"rendered":"Web-Exclusive Video: The South African Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The questions of <em>where<\/em> and <em>why<\/em> the human spark emerged are closely intertwined. 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