Preview: Season 51 Episode 4 | 30s | Video has closed captioning.
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.
Aired: 02/21/24
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(curious music) - How can we travel back in time?
Is there a time machine?
Yes.
It's ancient DNA.
(dynamic music) - We're all chasing this precious time capsules.
- It's like our instruction manual for what's coming.
- We're stealing genetic secrets of the past so we can rescue the future.
- [Narrator] "Hunt for the Oldest DNA," on Nova.
(soft music)
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