First Face of America FULL SPECIAL | NOVA | PBS America

Take a risky dive into an underwater cave in Mexico to discover the 13,000-year-old skeleton of a prehistoric teenager. Follow forensic clues that reveal details of her life and death and how her people first ventured into North America. #PBSAmerica #FirstFaceOfAmerica #Mexico
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[@georgecuyler7563]

We Indigenous Turtle Islanders have stories of having to outrun the last ice age. It is said if you didn't move out of its way you froze in place. Here on the west coast of British Columbia we have the story of a great flood and a great whale saved us.

[@highlightedcomment]

Mediterranean was an empty valley back then, this is not credible. Click bait...

[@Matt_Wilson01]

LMAO 🤣 fairy tales, none of that is possible sweetheart

[@unbanned6175]

​@MattyDubbz read between the lines though.

[@finnmcginn9931]

​@@Matt_Wilson01I'm sure the telephone game doesn't apply with them.....

[@big1dog23]

I give more credence to the "kelp highway" than the land bridge for the very first Americans.

[@vachikyadegarian1403]

All I can say is a Big Big Thank You . Brave Naya lives on thanks to all of you.

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.

[@geofflewis8599]

..White Sands footprint discoveries - 23,000 ya..

[@colinleat8309]

Wonderfully fascinating! I'm not surprised in the least that she would have strong Asiatic and African features. I love PBS!! ❤️🖖😁🤘

[@gayeinggs5179]

Just watching them gives me claustrophobia yuuuuk

[@seestheday]

It's interesting that they keep referring to her as a child. In this time, this age, when humans probably only lived to their mid-20s, she would have been considered middle aged. She likely had one, or maybe more, children of her own.

[@jhhggygghchdlfyggxzgdltfugc]

The low average life expectancy was greatly influenced by high infant mortality. Plenty of those who survived infancy would reach their 40s and 50s. A few would reach ages we would recognise as elderly today, depending on the environment they were in and their luck. It's also likely humans developed into adulthood slower than today because of dietary constraint. Only populations with access to as much high energy food as they wanted, for minimal cost in time and effort, would develop physically at the accelerated rate of people eating an industrialised diet.

[@certificateofvaccinationi.d.19]

Fascinating guess work

[@candyb68]

INCREDIBLE!

[@rosapower4549]

AMAZING HUMANS ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@meg7915]

I'm always suspicious when scientists make blanket statements based on one or a few specimens. The way one person looks doesn't necessarily mean everyone looked like that. Having signs of malnutrition doesn't mean all of the people with her were "new" to the area. It means she was. It also could be another sign of abuse that was identified in other areas of her skeleton.

[@kentrichardson9070]

Would have liked to have seen research on the animal bones. When the documentary started,my first thought was this was a ceremonial cave burial. I don’t think Nyah would have been alone in a dangerous jungle. She could have escaped slavery or been shunned. It almost looked as if rope was needed to enter the cave even 13 centuries ago. Did they not say other human bones were there? I must of missed something. Food for thought.

[@earlhobenshield8816]

Theories about when people were where are so flawed

[@scotishjohn]

Wow long time ago😊

[@fernandocortes1187]

4:00 México

[@nyahanan]

So the Sibirian tribes are relatives to the Native Americans and they belong to the strong huge Asian family, like Chinese, SouthEast- Asians etc., I welcome the Native Americans to our Asian family!

[@Намыс-л8э]

Китайцы гаплогруппа O

[@ALI44344]

يبدو ان قصة وفاة نايا ماساوية ناتجة عن مطارده خطرة واضطرت للاجل انقاذ نفسها بالدخول الى هذا الكهف العظام الموجودة بقربها من الحيوانات ستكشف قصة مرعبة لموت نايا

[@hezahenchos]

💀 INTRESTING 💀.

[@lewisjones2825]

As if you can't cross an eleven-mile Bering Straits

[@pippastin]

I had to Google Naia's facial reconstruction with eyelashes, hair, skin texture etc. and she looks quite Mongolian.

[@davegoodwin1950]

Allrate? So, what's the story of your British ancestry then pal?

[@the.true.A]

Learn to fucking write before talking shit

[@davidkendrick5671]

Wonderful science, terrible "dramatic" script and horrible music... C -

[@knowone4032]

This is so outdated

[@saltabiten6088]

Maybe she walked in to the cave to give birth to her child. Could be a culturel thing. Or was about shame or a penalty. We just don't know.

[@hadilyousaf]

I don't believe it is 13000 years ago? Yeah what ever.

[@patrickhumecky7787]

Not Science yet still guessing

[@knowone4032]

human knowledge is guessing the world doesn't owe you the answers you want

[@lizzy66125]

I am sorry but this docu is ruined by wild speculation,dramatic presentation,annoying overdramatic music.shame...

[@valiantredneck]

Yadda Yadda Yadda Holy moly, is there actually any story here?

[@reverendbarker650]

This doco is afflicted by the usual use of constant over dramatic music , the sort that is used in epics, why is it that directors have to accompany every second of footage with doom laden portentous music, accompanied by doom laden voiceovers ? it gets right on my tits. Just because is now easy to add music cheaply from formulaic programs that give you gigabytes of options at your fingertips doesn't mean you have to use them all constantly !!!!!!! The basic rule of filmaking is ' less is more " . Increasingly docos resemble feature films in their choice of music. there must be hundreds of changes in music in this doco and its a merciful relief when the sodding background music stops for just a few seconds.

[@woodwage7988]

Nyah died alone 😥..so glad were respecting her today..certainly young girls like her are why we are hear today..

[@michellerenner6880]

And now she is a part of the reason we know so much more about her people and her time. .. she’s a special sort of time traveller.

[@zaizoesclashing7103]

Lol here for the young girls

[@arvelmcgrego4246]

She is traumatize because you Rape her you son of a bit*h!

[@이이-n4z8y]

Absolutely not, it is because of males. Females just consumed resources and did menial tasks that would have been a waste of men's time. Just like today.

[@valiantredneck]

That makes absolutely no sense.

[@mariatorres5563]

I've seen this video a few times now, i remember watching it years ago & loved it so much..Ill keep watching it for years to come just love PBS & their content....🤯😊😉

[@SheikhAlladeen]

...l.....-..- Qur'an authored by Muhammad is replete with surahs that are explicitly evil. No God would allow men to have sxx with pre-pubescent children that goes against nature and against humanity. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZe8k4ipg7KfpMk

[@firmaadministrasjon4748]

2222t

[@tomclewes3783]

So they weren't interested in that big ass bone above where the skull was? 😅

[@uri0606]

It was probably a Mastodon, lol. not THAT uncommon.

[@KayakCampingOffGrid]

Wow.... Just a stunning and fascinating deep dive into the ancient history of Humans in America. Emotional journey of this young Woman and the various important discoveries!

[@ia8018]

How do you know it's a woman? According to science, gender is not real. Call them a "young person" instead.

[@CONEHEADDK]

"Funny" how much it looks like some of those alledged space walks, where there seems to be a buble in the air or a reflexion of something, that shouldn't be there aso.. Or the space station clips where an astronot is wearing a harness, or just vanishes, as if it was some green screen trickery..

[@dannyb3663]

Incredible. Imagine falling to your death in the dark, feeling the futility, never knowing that in tens of thousands of years time, the purpose of your life was to give meaning to your great 'times 1000' descendants.

[@selievisa519]

What a superb documentary! This is probably the most emotional discovery I have ever seen. Above all, I am glad that Nyah was rescued with much love and tenderness. Welcome to the modern time of our common home, the Earth. ❤️❤️❤️

[@MrBOOKS007]

sorry your picture of land bridge wrong . at that time look more like tope going around . plus there was land sea level lot lower in the Pacific. plus lot of wrong about that time and before.

[@kewsiyehboah9514]

Absolutely Fascinating.. In Modern Times With So Much Convienece, Spare A Thought For Our Ancestors Who had 2 hunt Continuously..

[@rawiriwhare7405]

Only one human bone structure? That would take a mountain of faith for any cultural species.

[@scottyfox6376]

Science & public opinion can suffer from biases especially from percieved cultural "histories". For example the Maori of New Zealand gets credit of first population but there is evidence of a previous race & their sites are often destroyed or dismissed.There is a real possibility that there was a predecessor before clovis which everyone is fixated on. I look forward to new discoveries myself.

[@jeremywhakarau2403]

They were the ancestors of the Maori And name "Maori " isn't the correct reference to this culture either

[@CONEHEADDK]

Old news papers speaking of all kinds of things looking egyptian found in caves in the Grand Canyon aso. Giants too.

[@khalinras6786]

Not the first peoples black African olmecs were there long before Clovis people stop telling lies.clovis as you call them were part of the Mongolian migration across baring straights 13-16 thousand years ago practically yesterday compared to how long the africans have been there 😢

[@remy0209]

Los olmecas eran de rasgo asiatico no africano

[@molliem8192]

I find the music, extremely irritating, especially when you have sensitive ears. I am forever turning down and up my sound. That goes for everything.

[@vanman757]

Watch it through your TV like I am now & probably most people watching these PBS documentaries ?! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@warluck1831]

when I see a bone all I know is that it died. amazing how they can come up with all these stories with only a piece of bone

[@garethjudd5840]

Fun fact. Imagine a sandy beach one mile long that represents earth total history. At one end is the formation of the earth, at the other end is now. Humans have been on this earth the time equivalent of just one grain of sand.

[@willorr1494]

I think allott of the original peoples sailed to sth. america from the pacific islands Australia. They have found Australian Aboriginal fossils from a cave in sth america, so ice age time line the world looked very different and it would have been not hard to sail, island hop to the americas

[@CONEHEADDK]

a lot :)

[@joebanda7434]

Wow what an awesome show you guys put together, way to go NOVA!

[@baggieknight8411]

Ok the whole time you keep saying that she went in alone????? How can you just ASSUME that???? I'd think that more than likely she'd be in a group!!! Cause they knew better than to go alone!!! You know like after a couple of people getting killed by wild animals and poisonous snakes and spider

[@miaji1963]

Never say Columbus discovered America

[@chevtruck1000]

Nicely filmed , well narrated but sadly completely cherry picked collection of facts that sidesteps the truth nicely.

[@woodwage7988]

Wow..respect dans tout les domaine..thank you for letting us be a part of this..

[@robharding5345]

There I was an hour ago, contemplating on getting myself a bottle of whisky, as I often do on a Saturday night, Then I got watching this fascinating documentary, and I will be watching it again tomorrow, just in case I missed something, Oh" and thanks for saving me 17 Pounds, I could ill afford to spent in the first place. Thank you.

[@adrianvisentin534]

One of the first Americans? Gigantic assumption. Humans were likely here 30,000 + years ago in wave after wave after wave from east and west

[@gavingroom3384]

Apart from they're using carbon fourteen Method, and it is admitted That Doesn't work ! There's to many Variables

[@claudelebel49]

A very moving story and a sad and difficult ending. That we should be so moved by something that happened so long ago.

[@adammoat3100]

the disrespect to the resting place of the young girl is totally wrong shame on all those SCUMBAGS

[@Rubytuesday1569]

Very Interesting, I really enjoyed this. Thoroughly researched, clearly and concisely presented. Thank you.☮️

[@MdKhan-rs1ch]

Big bang ariya machining. Jum tha cellen water. . Samj...,_?

[@escapefelicity2913]

What were your hopes for that fuking background noise?

[@redhen2123]

So they found two 11,000 year old infants in Alaska and from that made the leap that it was the same people who originally crossed over 20,000 years ago. Sounds suspect to me. What about the primitive robust skull of the 16 year old girl and others? I'm sure there were different waves of immigrants who killed or drove off earlier migrants, just like how the Inuit replaced the Thule peoples who replaced the Dorset peoples in the Arctic.

[@annychest718]

New world was part of the old world before the earth divided

[@philipking8497]

G-Nome's, Wow. Is that like what we are now. Isn't there something called like Degenerative G-Nome Deficiency Syndrome. I have the number. Bofia.

[@stephenrafter1022]

Amazing. I think they found an older skeleton now.

[@adeptiotsolutions3644]

Weird to think we all come from Zimbabwe and South Africa 😄 What are they doing down there?

[@remy0209]

No

[@JohnMusicsTV]

It's so great wonderful for this documentation thanks so mutch guys for your efforts and love and sacrifices

[@bjabbbjabb1286]

Meltwater pulse 1a 12800years ago younger dryas

[@michaelscarlino1590]

So basically, native Americans are from Asia, however it’s tried to be glossed over….

[@uyoebyik]

I think pangea was real, one big continent broke apart

[@bjabbbjabb1286]

She got flushed in by the same tsunami like the animals

[@bjabbbjabb1286]

Water dont kill dna. Denisovans 50000years

[@johannakadar4314]

Hmmm as an archeologyst this documentary is amazing 🥰 the onlie thing i liked to add that being deprived of protein is not always and indicator of a new enviroment. Because maybe in winter they cant get their protein they ate less and were malnourished. But ancient archeology is not my specialty but in later ages that is for sure ☺️

[@Joseph_Clark07]

im always interested about history and science. And thanks to Nyah was rescued and gave scienest so much to learn from early people but very sad to what happened to her.

[@perfriisnielsen3146]

Thank you for that great movie, and of course i know Eske as a great sience person...

[@ralphadamson2578]

Should be wearing gloves!!

[@KimJun-jun]

I realized how important water, light, and gps was during the ancient times.

[@giurgiualexandru-szabolcs209]

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@muzwot9603]

Great documentary.

[@sally183]

She's in palimount take anyone

[@roshantweerasinghe9866]

Like Sri Lanka Balangoda Man of pre history era.

[@g_y.rtz420]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEYRE NOT WHITE

[@fran7336]

Very articulate. Reminds me of a young George Galloway.

[@kxmalahov]

thanks from Scotland, Love from Russia!!!

[@chriscarson1256]

How long was she there?

[@whaleshrimp111]

Nia has a book and exercise video coming out next month.

[@scottyfox6376]

New High Protien Caveman Diet book out soon.

[@reverendbarker650]

give her the decent chance and she'll be a social media " influencer "

[@gayeinggs5179]

It’s amazing that the lady who originally. Got the bones was unusual that she passed them on to someone else.

[@neilforbes416]

So, humans arrived on the American continent 13 thousand to 15 thousand years ago? *BIG DEAL!!!* Australia lays claim to the *OLDEST STILL-SURVIVING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!* Our Aboriginal people have existed on this continent for between 60 and 65 thousand years, that's *SIXTY MILLENNIA!*

[@8698gil]

I thought it was 40000 years.

[@neilforbes416]

@@8698gil American natives(Indians) occupied the American Continent(taking in what's now Canada and the USA) for 13,000 to 15,000 years but Australia's Aboriginal people have inhabited this continent(plus the island of Tasmania) for 60,000 to 65,000 years, that's well over four times the period of Indian inhabitation of the American continent.

[@reverendbarker650]

its not a fucking competition mate, or are you one of the sort of Aussies that insist that we have to be best at everything , even the age of our ancestors ? " Aw mate, my fucking' ancestors are millenia older than yours, so suck on that yer drongo !"

[@robcv420]

I'm having goosebumps aaall the way. I mean, these are the kind of documentaries I love watching. Gosh, I love exploration and finding something fascinating! I hope you upload more of this, PBS!

[@elsiet5713]

thanks for this video

[@csachevauxsansabri2612]

These are simply the surviving people of the big flood. The girl like the animals must have fallen into a pit filled with water, covered and turned to stone over time. It is that simple. Now if I was you I would look around the aria for signs of other old bones and arrows because I dont think a girl would have wondered far from home.

[@Matt_Wilson01]

I’m not listening to anyone that spells flood “flud”

[@csachevauxsansabri2612]

@@Matt_Wilson01 sorry if my english is not to your satisfaction, but if this is how you treat people that try to help, scroo you. Hope that was clear enough for you. I can elaborate if you so wish. Spelling corrected

[@lacey3880]

America wat age

[@lilacnpink3864]

Excellent theory of nia's death.

[@ritastevenson5532]

Nobody was able to conduct such a study from NYAH ,,but you did,, that sure is a feather in your cap,,

[@davidlloyd2225]

As it

[@tishahouse846]

Listening from the ukwales❤️

[@DL-fi5cc]

The First Face of Mexico. Started by mentioning Mexican caves, then the Americas then America. Mexican history.

[@uri0606]

Earliest human finding in the Americas. why does it matter which country?

[@claudelebel49]

Such a moving story,

[@CONCIOUS19]

Good scientific skills. Good video.

[@gavincarey4782]

thankyou very good work

[@ddizon666]

She look like Asian girl

[@alanwilkinson9487]

Remarkable a must watch..