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Modern humans are just the latest link in the evolutionary chain. See how the fossil record changes our view of what it means to be "Human".
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10 | Toumai Skull | 100 Greatest Discoveries | 02:08 | April 27, 2006 | 22677 |
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One of the greatest discoveries in the history of human origins, these perfectly preserved footprints give insight into the past of human origins
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9 | Laetoli Footprints | Greatest Discoveries | 02:03 | February 10, 2009 | 4300 |
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In 1974 Paleontologists discovered the most fully intact hominid to date, and they named her Lucy
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8 | Lucy | Greatest Discoveries | 02:58 | February 10, 2009 | 3454 |
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Early in the eighteenth century scientists first began to classify animals.
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7 | Classification of Species | Greatest Discoveries | 02:01 | February 10, 2009 | 3134 |
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Charles Walcott accidentally stumbled across this historical find that after fully executed contained over 65,000 specimens
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6 | Burgess Shale Discovery | Greatest Discoveries | 02:58 | February 10, 2009 | 4074 |
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When Researchers discovered these underwater marvels they were even more astonished to find life living among the 700 degree temperatures
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5 | Hydrothermal Vents | Greatest Discoveries | 02:30 | February 10, 2009 | 3642 |
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Stanley Miller, conducted experiments in his lab to try to create the conditions that may have started life on earth
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4 | Origin of Life | Greatest Discoveries | 01:35 | February 10, 2009 | 5515 |
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The discovery of these extinct giants have changed science forever
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3 | Extinction of the Dinosaurs | Greatest Discoveries | 02:06 | February 10, 2009 | 3023 |
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Created by a miles long Meteor, the KT Boundary marks the end of the Dinosaurs
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2 | KT Boundary Discovery | Greatest Discoveries | 02:44 | February 10, 2009 | 5424 |
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While aboard the HMS Beagle Charles Darwin would begin to fully realize his theories
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1 | Darwin's Story | Greatest Discoveries | 02:39 | February 10, 2009 | 2923 |
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