Human

In Morocco, it's revealed that Homo sapiens are 100,000 years older than previously thought. In Botswana, evidence of complex rituals reveal Homo sapiens culture was flourishing - in ways that still shape humanity today.

Around 60,000 years ago, a small group of Homo sapiens migrated into the Middle East. Recent DNA discoveries reveal that every human alive today whose origins are from outside Africa are descendants of this group.

Around 55,000 years ago, Homo sapiens ventured into Europe - only to find it was already occupied by Neanderthals. Shocking new insights are revealed into the demise of he Neanderthals, and how Homo sapiens became the last human species on Earth.

During the height of the Ice Age, one of the coldest times humanity has ever known, Homo sapiens step into the last habitable continents on the planet: the Americas.

Around 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift, abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.