Wild Chronicles: Human Fossils In The Sahara

Person kneeling on the ground and reaching for an object. Caption: It's the ancient graveyard of a lost civilization.

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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prehistoric life

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  • Wild Chronicles: Human Fossils In The Sahara

    Type:
    Video
    Format:
    Streaming
    Accommodations:
    English Audio Descriptions - Visual, English Captions - Auditory
    Languages:
    English
    License:
    DCMP Membership
    Author:
    National Geographic Society
    Length:
    7 minutes