Great Rift Valley: The Exact Spot Where Humanity Evolved

The Great Rift Valley is a 3,700-mile wound tearing through Earth's crust—and the secret to human history. Join geologist Nick Isles as he journeys from the East African Rift, where the first humans evolved alongside volcanoes and shifting climates, to the Afar Depression where a new ocean is being born right now.

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