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Episodes (18)
1. Jellyfish Invasion
Aired 8 August 2007
2. Science des chiens
Aired 15 August 2007
3. Ultimate Crocodile
Aired 12 September 2007
4. Science of Babies
Aired 19 September 2007
5. Mammoth Mystery
Aired 7 October 2007
6. Inside the Body Trade
Aired 11 November 2007
7. Ultimate Viper
Aired 21 November 2007
8. China's Secret Mummies
Aired 2 December 2007
In China, archaeologists unearth ancient mummies with European facial features, blond hair and blue eyes. Where did these Caucasians come? Four bodies, a scattering of clues, a mystery whose solution could rewrite history. National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Spencer Wells, opens an ancient case of missing persons, using the latest advances in DNA technology to determine the origins of a group of enigmatic mummies found in western China. What he learns may change what we know about the world. The four individuals were part of a vanished world that existed in western China between 2600 and 4000 years ago - long before Marco Polo or the Silk Road. Yet these long-buried corpses look European and were found with tools that didn't exist yet in that part of the world. Who were they? Where did they come from? And how might they have affected the spread of culture and technology in prehistoric times?
9. Last Christians of Bethlehem
Aired 9 December 2007
10. Science of Evil
Aired 9 January 2008 • 60 min
11. Testosterone Factor
Aired 13 February 2008
12. Alaska's Last Oil
Aired 12 March 2008
13. Shark Superhighway
Aired 8 April 2008
14. Tunnel to a Lost World
Aired 3 June 2008
15. Bog Mummies
Aired 4 June 2008
16. Science of Cats
Aired 10 June 2008
17. Gorilla Murders
Aired 1 July 2008
18. Finding Anastasia
Aired 29 April 2008
Did Romanov Princess Anastasia survive a Bolshevik firing squad or did she and her brother Crown Prince Alexis perish with their father, Tsar Nicholas II, before another firing squad in 1918? The chance find of human remains in a Siberian forest brings forensic anthropologist Dr.Anthony Falsetti to in search of the truth. Marshalling DNA, ballistics and the very latest forensic analysis, an international team works to dispel the greatest myth of the 20th century and tell a real story more remarkable than any fiction.