Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Palaeontologist Fred Spoor investigates the origins of human evolution: the first humans or apes. With the aid of scanners and computer techniques, he makes reconstructions of old, damaged skull remains.
Twenty years ago, he found the skull of Kenyanthropus platyops, perhaps an entirely new humanoid. Fred Spoor goes to Lake Turkana in Kenya, the site of his major discovery. And he visits paleontologist Isaiah Nengo, who has found a skull that is thirteen million years old. Protein researcher Frido Walker has turned the world of paleontology on its head with a new technique. What will be the next discovery in the search for the answer to the question: Where do we come from?
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Palaeontologist Fred Spoor investigates the origins of human evolution: the first humans or apes. With the aid of scanners and computer techniques, he makes reconstructions of old, damaged skull remains.
Twenty years ago, he found the skull of Kenyanthropus platyops, perhaps an entirely new humanoid. Fred Spoor goes to Lake Turkana in Kenya, the site of his major discovery. And he visits paleontologist Isaiah Nengo, who has found a skull that is thirteen million years old. Protein researcher Frido Walker has turned the world of paleontology on its head with a new technique. What will be the next discovery in the search for the answer to the question: Where do we come from?
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VPRO Metropolis: youtube.com/user/VPROmetropolis
VPRO World Stories: youtube.com/VPROworldstories (no longer active)
VPRO Extra: youtube.com/channel/UCTLrhK07g6LP-JtT0VVE56A
VPRO VG (world music): youtube.com/vrijegeluiden
VPRO 3voor12 (alternative music): youtube.com/3voor12
VPRO 3voor12 extra (music stories): youtube.com/channel/UCtgVYRLGraeL9rGMiM3rBHA
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