Secrets of the Dead, Lady Sapiens

PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Wednesday, March 29, at 10 PM
Thursday, March 30  at 3 AM

Scientific investigations from across the globe help piece together the untold story of prehistoric women. For more than a century and a half, experts uncovered and analyzed ancient human remains to understand the story of the earliest members of the Homo sapiens species, but focused primarily on the male half of the species. 

Through advanced science as well as comparing the body of a modern-day female javelin-thrower to an ancient female spear-thrower, scientists’ revelations defy previous understanding of the power dynamics of ancient society.