Scientific American Frontiers - Season 14
1 - Losing It
Air Date: January 20, 2004
2 - Don't Forget
Air Date: May 11, 2004
3 - Future Car
Air Date: May 19, 2004
4 - Hot Times in Alaska
Air Date: June 15, 2004
5 - The Dark Side of the Universe
Air Date: June 22, 2004
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.