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3 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 1
In Brazil, Ella helps to discover a vast previously unknown ancient settlement. She also joins an indigenous community for whom this past is essential to establishing their land rights today.
Episode 2
In the Colombian jungle, Ella looks at rock paintings depicting fauna from 15,000 years ago. They were left by nomadic hunters, who migrated into the Amazon basin when it was still covered by a savanna. In Bolivia, Ella examines 6,000 year old remains of the first people to adopt a sedentary lifestyle in the area, making their homes on artificial middens to raise them above the flood planes.
Episode 3
Ella joins a complex police operation combating illegal mining in the jungle. She follows indigenous groups fighting to hold on to the old ways, while others uproot and head for the big city.