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How Homo Naledi is Changing Human Origins

Special | 1h 2m 41sVideo has Closed Captions

John Hawks shares recent revelations about the age of the Homo naledi fossils.

Aired 10/04/2017 | Rating TV-G

University Place

How Homo Naledi is Changing Human Origins

Special | 1h 2m 41sVideo has Closed Captions

John Hawks shares recent revelations about the age of the Homo naledi fossils.

John Hawks, Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UW-Madison, discusses new findings related to the Homo naledi fossils found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa. Hawks reports that the fossils indicate this primitive, extinct, human relative may have been in existence as recently as 236,000 years ago.

Aired 10/04/2017 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

How Homo Naledi is Changing Human Origins

Special | 1h 2m 41sVideo has Closed Captions

John Hawks, Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UW-Madison, discusses new findings related to the Homo naledi fossils found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa. Hawks reports that the fossils indicate this primitive, extinct, human relative may have been in existence as recently as 236,000 years ago.

Aired 10/04/2017 | Rating TV-G

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