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This extraordinary film takes us deep into Australia's past to find the original pioneers of all humankind, a history that began before modern humans reached America and Europe. For the first time on screen over 50,000 years of Australia's ancient past is brought to life through the world's oldest oral stories, new archaeological discoveries, stunning art, and never before seen archival film.

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First Footprints

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Many believe that visual art emerged 30,000 years ago, from the minds of our ancestors, homo sapiens. But a recent discovery could shake this belief.

Neanderthal: The First Artist

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Visual art is thought by many to have emerged about 30,000 years ago from the minds and hands of our ancestor, homo sapiens. But a recent discovery in the Touraine region of France could shake these certainties. At the end of an unknown cave, La Roche Cotard, prehistorians have identified some surprising engravings. How old are these unusual drawings? Could they have been made by Neanderthal men?

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