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A to Z: How Writing Changed the World

How the development of writing played a vital role in shaping world history, from the invention of paper to the printed book. (60 minutes)

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Wed, 6/3 at 7:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Great Mammoth Mystery

A unique site in southern England preserved rare traces of ancient ice age mammoths and Neanderthals; host David Attenborough. (60 minutes)

Wed, 6/10 at 8:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. (60 minutes)

Thu, 6/11 at 1:30 am on Austin PBS HDTV

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. (60 minutes)

Sun, 6/14 at 5:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. (60 minutes)

Tue, 6/16 at 6:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. (60 minutes)

Tue, 6/16 at 11:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. (60 minutes)

Wed, 6/17 at 7:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. (60 minutes)

Wed, 6/17 at 8:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

Secrets of the Forest

Researchers around the globe gather data on how forests work and try to figure out how these ecosystems can help tackle threats of climate change and species extinction. (60 minutes)