The First Inventors 1-2

Indigenous knowledge teams up with cutting-edge science to develop lifesaving medicines and combat climate change. But to tackle humanity's future challenges, first we need to heal the past.

Could you survive in Australia 65,000 years ago? From engineering volcanic landscapes into fish farms, to mastering deadly fire: the unique survival inventions that let First Nations people thrive.

Vast communication networks, trade superhighways and sophisticated kinship systems. First Nations people built an extraordinarily connected society on this enormous and often inhospitable continent.