When Homo sapiens arrived in Australia, they were, for the first time, truly alone, surrounded by wildly different flora and fauna. How did they survive and populate a continent? There is a close cultural and genetic link between the First Australians and modern-day Aborigines. The ancient and modern story intersect here as nowhere else in the world. The secret to this continuity is diversity. Intuitively, they found the right balance between being separate and connected.

Originally released by Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), 2015. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 13, 2017.

Southeast Australia(2:27) -- Mungo Man and Mungo Lady (4:12) -- Aborigines (3:23) -- Island Hopping (2:45) -- Ocean Barrier (3:17) -- Gabarnmung (3:40) -- Art at Gabarnmung (2:01) -- Isolated Ecosystem (4:13) -- Lake Mungo (2:19) -- Mungo Man (2:35) -- Climate Change (3:25) -- Duck-Billed Platypus (3:10) -- Trade Networks (2:14) -- Aboriginal Culture (3:26) -- European Colonization (4:06) -- Regaining Culture (5:04) -- Credits: First Peoples: Australia (0:30).