First Peoples (TV program) explained
First Peoples is a five-part PBS television documentary program about the first people on the Earth. The program aired in 2015.[1] It shows how humans reached each continent, focusing on various fossil discoveries and placing them into the context of what research has discovered about pre-modern human migration. The program includes interviews with many of the researchers involved in these studies,[2] such as geneticists Svante Pääbo and Eske Willerslev and anthropologists John D. Hawks[3] and Nicole Waguespack.[4]
Episodes
- "First Peoples: Americas"[5] The episode begins with a lengthy discussion on Kennewick Man and what his DNA reveals about him.[6]
- "First Peoples: Africa"[7] This episode discusses the Jebel Irhoud skull found in Morocco. It also discusses evidence of other humans in West and Central Africa.[1]
- "First Peoples: Asia"[8] It emphasized man's need to explore. Because of that need they encountered other peoples. Modern human DNA shows the earliest Homo sapiens interbred with other human species such as Neanderthals.[6]
- "First Peoples: Australia"[9] This program explores the close connections between the first people and modern-day Australian Aborigines.[10]
- "First Peoples: Europe"[11] It highlights the explosion of art in Europe that came with the Homo sapiens.[10]
External links
Reviews
Notes and References
- Web site: Review: 'First Peoples' Series Chronicles Origins And Spread Of Modern Humans . Kristina Killgrove . June 24, 2015 . Forbes . July 11, 2015.
- Web site: Review: PBS' "First Peoples" tracks our arrival on every continent . John Timmer . June 24, 2015 . . March 7, 2020.
- Web site: First Peoples - Full Cast & Crew. IMDb. March 7, 2020.
- Web site: UW Anthropologist to Appear in "First Peoples" PBS Series . May 27, 2015 . Sweetwater Now . March 7, 2020.
- Web site: Americas – First Peoples. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). July 11, 2015. July 23, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150723011835/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/america/. dead.
- Web site: Review: 'First Peoples' Finds the Drive to Explore in Our DNA . Neil Genzlinger . June 23, 2015 . The New York Times . July 11, 2015.
- Web site: Africa – First Peoples. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). July 11, 2015. July 21, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721175339/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/africa/. dead.
- Web site: Asia – First Peoples. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). July 11, 2015. August 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810024049/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/asia/. dead.
- Web site: Australia – First Peoples. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). July 11, 2015. August 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810024054/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/australia/. dead.
- Web site: First Peoples . ThinkTV/Public Media Connect . July 11, 2015 . October 4, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151004123757/http://www.thinktv.org/air/featured-programs/first-peoples/ . dead .
- Web site: First Peoples – Europe . Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) . July 11, 2015 . June 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150622113124/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/europe/ . dead .