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Self-Evident Truth

Season 1 Episode 1 | 2m 21s

Inscribed on the Statue Of Liberty is “JULY IV MDCCLXXVI” — the date of the United States’ Declaration of Independence. In this document, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Funding Provided by: General Motors Corporation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and the Henry Nias Foundation.
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Discover how Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthals – and how they helped make us who we are today.
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Follow Homo sapiens as they venture out of Africa and spread farther than any other human species.
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