Name: scienceNOW: What Makes Us Human?
Uploaded: 2012-10-09T17:00:00-07:00
Duration: 52 min 45 s
Description: Explore traits we once thought were uniquely ours- language, tool-making, even laughter- to uncover their evolutionary roots.

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