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One Small Step...

In Episode 2, paleontologists show that bipedalism, walking upright, stone tool making and meat eating were important to the success of human ancestors, like Australopithecus afarensis, whose most famous fossil skeleton Lucy was found at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, Africa, as well as Homo habilis, and Homo erectus, while others like Australopithecus robustus, went extinct.

English
  • Originally Aired May 11, 1981
  • Runtime 50 minutes
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