S1E11 The Resettling of the Americas Before Columbus
A New History of the Human Race! • 37m
What happened in the Americas before Columbus? What is the history of Native Americans? Mainstream science has maintained that today’s Native Americans are the descendants of the first people who migrated to America from Asia around 15,000 years ago. Modern genetics upends this view—with radical implications for who was here first, and who followed. (with Ken Ham and Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson)
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S1E12 How many people are of Mongol d...
Do you have Mongol ancestry in your past? When the Mongols conquered China, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe in the 1200s, the created the world’s largest empire. And then what? Consult a history of western civilization, and you’ll find little mention. Genetics brings these people much closer ...
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S1E13 The Hidden History of Americans
After Columbus arrived in the Americas, over 60 million Europeans—primarily Western Europeans—followed. But who were they? We take for granted that they were ethnically Germans, Italians, Irish, and the like. Genetics tells a very different story—and takes us back to one of the most mysterious ep...
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S1E14 What happened to the Maya?
While the western Roman empire was falling in Europe, in the Americas one of the most spectacular civilizations was reaching its peak. With advanced astronomical capabilities, a precise calendar system, massive pyramids, and millions of people, the Mayans had no equals in their day. A few hundred...
