Hunt for the Oldest DNA

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Season 51 Episode 4 | 53m 10s | CC

For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. Follow the dramatic quest to recover DNA millions of years old and reveal a lost world from before the last Ice Age.

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Funding for NOVA and HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA is provided by Carlisle Companies, Viking Cruises, the NOVA Science Trust with support from Roger Sant, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers. Original production funding for HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA is provided by Heising-Simons Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and the George D. Smith Fund, Inc.

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