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Mother and child walking around town in Patna.

Friday, April 17, 2009 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. The achievements of the country's golden age, including how India discovered zero, calculated the circumference of the Earth and wrote the world's first sex guide, the Kama Sutra. In the south, the giant temple of Tanjore built by emperor Rajaraja Chola and traditional bronze casters, working as their ancestors did 1,000 years ago are shown. Michael Wood calls Tamil Nadu, "The only surviving 'Classical Civilization' in the world.

An actor portraying a member of the tiny population of Homo sapiens from whom we all sprang. Geneticists have traced our ancestry to a bare 600 individuals who lived on the shores of Pinnacle Point, South Africa, learning to read the moon to exploit a rich marine resource.

NOVA: Becoming Human: Birth Of Humanity - Part Two

Airs Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Lingua Globa: How English Became 'Globish'

English rose from humble beginnings to become a language that's spoken by people from every corner of the Earth. In Globish, Robert McCrum tells the story of how a mongrel language slowly took the world by storm.

The zombies of "The Dead" recall Romero's zombies in "Night of the Living Dead" and the voodoo controled people in "I Walked with a Zombie."

Review: 'The Dead'

Zombies Invade Africa

People search for jobs at the Suffolk County One-Stop Employment Center in Hauppauge, N.Y.

For Older Job Seekers, An Even More Difficult Road

Many older people are finding it particularly difficult to get hired. Some say age discrimination is a key factor working against them.

At the headquarters of the Association of Maya Priests of Guatemala, each priest has a cubicle with a fire place, where he or she conducts private ceremonies.

Mayan Calendar: The End of Time, Or End Of An Era?

According to some interpretations of the Mayan calendar, civilization as we know it has about 11 months left. But many people in the Mayan heartland — Guatemala — see it differently.

Revelers celebrate during New York City's Gay Pride Parade, two days after the state Legislature legalized same-sex marriage.

N.Y. Gay Marriage Vote Expected To Ripple Nationally

The law could influence states to follow New York's lead or react against it. Supporters thronged to the Gay Pride Parade on Sunday to celebrate. It just happened to be scheduled two days after the state Legislature legalized same-sex marriage.

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on a training assignment. The photos were displayed at his memorial in Tucson after he was murdered in 2010.

Untangling Operation Fast And Furious

On a cold December night in 2010, a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed along the U.S.-Mexican border in southern Arizona. His murder exposed a government operation known as Fast and Furious that’s become a major scandal.

Op-Ed: Only Syrians Can Save Syria

Arab Reform Initiative executive director Bassma Kodmani says the international community is limited in what it can do to stop the bloodshed in restive Syria. The key to stability in the country, Kodmani argues, lies with the Syrian people, specifically a minority sect called the Alawites.

'Zone One': What Happens When Zombies Take NYC

Existential loneliness lies at the heart of Colson Whitehead's apocalyptic tragicomedy about post-zombie Manhattan. The smart, strange, engrossing novel lampoons contemporary society and its excesses — and has haunting echoes of post-Sept. 11 New York.

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