NOVA
Season 21 Episode 20 - In Search of the First Language
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1974
Documentary
NOVA explores the common threads that link the more than 5,000 languages of Earth, including a controversial theory that claims to reconstruct words from a time when only a handful of languages were spoken, recalling the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.
Episodes in Season 21
1
Codebreakers
55 min
2
Dinosaurs of the Gobi
55 min
3
Daredevils of the Sky
55 min
4
Journey to Kilimanjaro
55 min
5
Can Chimps Talk?
55 min
6
In Search of Human Origins, Part One
55 min
7
In Search of Human Origins, Part Two
55 min
8
In Search of Human Origins, Part Three
55 min
9
Can China Kick the Habit?
55 min
10
Aircraft Carrier!
55 min
11
The Great Wildlife Heist
55 min
12
Secret of the Wild Child
55 min
13
Haunted Cry of a Long Gone Bird
55 min
14
What's New About Menopause
55 min
15
The Tribe that Time Forgot
55 min
16
Killer Quake!
55 min
17
Buried in Ash
55 min
18
Rescue Mission in Space
55 min
19
Journey to the Sacred Sea
55 min
20
In Search of the First Language
55 min
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