Episode 1—-”The first episode, ‘Out of Eden’, proposes that a society’s potential for advanced development was not determined by race or creed, or by time and experience, but by access to domesticated animals and cultivated plants.” www.pbs.org

Episode 3—–The final episode, “Into the Tropics,” examines the development and colonization of Africa by South Africans and Europeans, and explains why geography is still a factor in forming the divide between those with money and resources and those without. www.pbs.org

Episode 2—-”Part two, “Conquest,” explores the impact of weapons and disease in shaping the conquest of the New World.” www.pbs.org www.pbs.org

Episode 2—-"Part two, "Conquest," explores the impact of weapons and disease in shaping the conquest of the New World." www.pbs.org

Episode 2—-”Part two, “Conquest,” explores the impact of weapons and disease in shaping the conquest of the New World.” www.pbs.org

Episode 2—-”Part two, “Conquest,” explores the impact of weapons and disease in shaping the conquest of the New World.” www.pbs.org

Episode 1—-”The first episode, ‘Out of Eden’, proposes that a society’s potential for advanced development was not determined by race or creed, or by time and experience, but by access to domesticated animals and cultivated plants.” www.pbs.org