Scientific American Frontiers - Season 14

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Losing It

1 - Losing It

Air Date: January 20, 2004

Don't Forget

2 - Don't Forget

Air Date: May 11, 2004

Future Car

3 - Future Car

Air Date: May 19, 2004

Hot Times in Alaska

4 - Hot Times in Alaska

Air Date: June 15, 2004

The Dark Side of the Universe

5 - The Dark Side of the Universe

Air Date: June 22, 2004

Coming Into America

6 - Coming Into America

Air Date: July 20, 2004

“Coming into America” explores how prehistoric immigrants (host Alan Alda calls them “the true American pioneers”) might have arrived here---up to 20,000 years ago. Conventional wisdom has been that the “Clovis people” made their way down from Siberia about 13,000 years ago and spread out. But archaeologists interviewed point to artifacts in various places around the U.S. that are far older---and there's evidence that the ice sheets remained in place longer than previously thought---casting doubt on that theory.