Wild Chronicles: Human Fossils in the Sahara
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National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno is usually digging up dinosaur bones. But Sereno was walking through the Sahara in northern Niger when he found a nearly 10,000-year-old human skull. This discovery lead Sereno to imagine the green Sahara that was their home. Segment of video from Wild Chronicles Series.
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Runtime: 6 minutes 31 seconds
- Topic: Geography, Science, Social Science
- Subtopic: Africa, Anthropology, Prehistoric Life
- Grade/Interest Level: 6 - 12
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- Release Year: 2008
- Producer/Distributor: National Geographic Society
- Series: Wild Chronicles
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