For centuries, the story of Pompeii focused on the day it was buried beneath volcanic ash. But it wasn't just a city lost to disaster; it was also a starting point for survival. Here's how archaeologists are still uncovering evidence of those who escaped the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.—and how they rebuilt their lives from the ruins. https://on.natgeo.com/3U5JakD Host: Halley Brown | National Geographic History

It's long been believed that modern humans followed a relatively straight path of evolutionary progress. But discoveries of new bone fragments and fossils around the world, alongside breakthroughs in DNA analysis, reveal a much more complex picture. Paleontologists now believe that early Homo sapiens shared the Earth and mated with a surprising variety of previously unknown human species. In this timelapse, paleoartist John Gurche meticulously constructs a model of a recently discovered hominin—