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NOVA (1974 – ...)

1974 • 53 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG
On September 23, 2026
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Season 50

NOVA · S50E15 — Ancient Earth: Humans

Nov 1, 2023 · 53 min

Synopsis

The narrative of Earth’s history is uniquely possible now, four and a half billion years after its formation, because a technologically advanced, self-aware species walks its surface—a species capable of observing the very world that birthed it. How did Earth foster the emergence of humankind? Through breathtaking animation, witness the devastating asteroid impact that extinguished the dinosaurs, the volatile shifts in climate that propelled early primates across continents, and the geological p