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Science Wednesdays: Cavemen Cold Case

Cavemen Cold Case

A tomb of 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of northern Spain, leads to a compelling investigation to solve a double mystery: How did this group of Neanderthals die? And could the fate of this group help explain Neanderthal extinction?

Science Wednesdays: Decoding Neanderthals

Neanderthal

What happened when the first modern humans encountered Neanderthals 60,000 years ago? In 2010, a team led by geneticist Svante Paabo announced that they had reconstructed much of the Neanderthal genome and the analysis showed that modern humans and Neanderthals had interbred, leaving a small signature of Neanderthal genes in everyone outside Africa today.

Science Wednesdays: The Private Life of Deer

white-tailed deer

From coast to coast, some 30 million white-tailed deer make their home in the United States. Deer are the most highly studied mammals in the world, but does the typical homeowner with deer in the yard know how long deer can live? When they sleep? How many babies a doe can have each year?

Enter the hidden world of white-tailed deer outfitted with night-vision cameras and GPS tracking equipment to see them not as common backyard creatures, but as intelligent, affectionate family members.

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NOVA

The Egyptian Bow
What Made the 1918 Flu So Deadly?
How the 1918 Flu Infected People
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures
Manhunt—Boston Bombers Preview
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters
Fertilizing the Amazon
Flu Probabilities

Nature

Great Zebra Exodus
The Zebra of Botswana's Saltpans
Posturing Meerkat Pups
Making The Private Life of Deer
The Private Life of Deer Preview
The Ghost Deer
Clearing Fences
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