Premieres Wednesdays, Sept. 17 - Oct. 15, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / KPBS+ / Encores Thursdays, Sept. 18 - Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 and Sundays, Sept. 21 - Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV. Around 300,000 years ago, Homo sapiens emerged in Africa, one of at least seven human species alive at the time. Now, fossil evidence, DNA sequencing, and other tools are shedding new light on the surprising journey that made us who we are today.