Mysteries of Mankind

00:00:02 The earth does not easily yield its secrets.

00:03:09 A caveman.

00:05:49 in the history of anthropology.

00:08:05 to begin no more than one million years ago.

00:10:11 There is still a very strong resistance to looking

00:12:27 having left the safety of the trees

00:15:20 which is only about 12 inches in length

00:17:35 in announcing an entirely new species.

00:19:42 because I can believe in what I'm doing.

00:22:14 perhaps of the same species as Lucy, walked by.

00:24:43 With our closest living relative

00:26:47 may have been relatively simple.

00:28:42 The scratches and the polished surfaces found

00:31:07 for several months at a time.

00:33:02 swampy ground near the lake edge.

00:34:50 Exactly when hunting began may never be known.

00:37:23 Often ignored in the past

00:39:39 The problem for us today

00:41:45 A large pelvic bone with cutmarks that hint at a tool user's presence.

00:44:35 By far the greatest number of finds at Kebara

00:46:41 to us in deep and meaningful ways.

00:49:21 and the genetic data also support the idea

00:51:28 Europeans we all trace our origin to Africa

30:40:00 these intelligent