Name: Episode 5 — Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity
Released: 2009-11-10
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 9

NOVA (1974 – ...)

1974 • 53 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG

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Episode 5 — Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity

Released: 2009-11-10 • Documentary

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In gripping forensic detail, the second program in “Becoming Human” investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us — “Turkana Boy” — an astonishingly complete specimen of Homo erectus found by the famous Leakey team in Kenya.

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Episode air date	10.11.2009
Episode runtime	55 min
Episode rating	9.00
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	7.0
IMDb series rating	8.7
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US

NOVA (1974 – ...)

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