First Peoples (TV program)
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First Peoples is a five-part PBS television documentary program about the first people on the Earth. The program aired in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/06/24/review-first-peoples-series-chronicles-origins-and-spread-of-modern-humans/ |title=Review: 'First Peoples' Series Chronicles Origins And Spread Of Modern Humans |author=Kristina Killgrove |date=June 24, 2015 |work=Forbes |access-date=July 11, 2015}} 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,{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/06/review-pbs-first-peoples-tracks-our-arrival-on-every-continent/ |title=Review: PBS' "First Peoples" tracks our arrival on every continent |author=John Timmer |date=June 24, 2015 |website=Ars Technica |access-date=March 7, 2020}} such as geneticists Svante Pääbo and Eske Willerslev and anthropologists John D. Hawks{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7752136/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|title=First Peoples - Full Cast & Crew|website=IMDb|access-date=March 7, 2020}} and Nicole Waguespack.{{cite web |url=https://www.sweetwaternow.com/uw-anthropologist-to-appear-in-first-peoples-pbs-series/ |title=UW Anthropologist to Appear in "First Peoples" PBS Series |date=May 27, 2015 |website=Sweetwater Now |access-date=March 7, 2020}}
Episodes
- "First Peoples: Americas"{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/america/|title=Americas – First Peoples|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)|access-date=July 11, 2015|archive-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723011835/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/america/|url-status=dead}} The episode begins with a lengthy discussion on Kennewick Man and what his DNA reveals about him.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/arts/television/review-first-peoples-finds-the-drive-to-explore-in-our-dna.html?_r=0 |title=Review: 'First Peoples' Finds the Drive to Explore in Our DNA |author=Neil Genzlinger |date=June 23, 2015 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 11, 2015}}
- "First Peoples: Africa"{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/africa/|title=Africa – First Peoples|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)|access-date=July 11, 2015|archive-date=July 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721175339/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/africa/|url-status=dead}} This episode discusses the Jebel Irhoud skull found in Morocco. It also discusses evidence of other humans in West and Central Africa.
- "First Peoples: Asia"{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/asia/|title=Asia – First Peoples|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)|access-date=July 11, 2015|archive-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810024049/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/asia/|url-status=dead}} 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.
- "First Peoples: Australia"{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/australia/|title=Australia – First Peoples|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)|access-date=July 11, 2015|archive-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810024054/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/australia/|url-status=dead}} This program explores the close connections between the first people and modern-day Australian Aborigines.{{cite web |url=http://www.thinktv.org/air/featured-programs/first-peoples/ |title=First Peoples |author= |date= |website= |publisher=ThinkTV/Public Media Connect |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004123757/http://www.thinktv.org/air/featured-programs/first-peoples/ |url-status=dead }}
- "First Peoples: Europe"{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/europe/ |title=First Peoples – Europe |publisher=Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622113124/http://www.pbs.org/first-peoples/episodes/europe/ |url-status=dead }} It highlights the explosion of art in Europe that came with the Homo sapiens.
References
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External links
- [https://www.pbs.org/show/first-peoples/ Home page]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeMcCWCMfug PBS First Peoples trailer on YouTube]
=Reviews=
- [https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/06/review-pbs-first-peoples-tracks-our-arrival-on-every-continent/ Ars Technica/Condé Nast]
Category:2015 American television series debuts
Category:2015 American television series endings
Category:2010s American documentary television series