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What's On: CBC Television The Great Human Odyssey: The Adaptable Ape - The Nature of Things THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19 AT 8PM ON CBC-TV How did we become our planet’s only global species, at home in every environment on Earth. Learn how our ancestors found a way through the deserts and out of Africa. Explore the meeting of Neanderthals and humans. And discover how we survived the Ice Age. Learn about nomadic cultures, scroll through our interactive timeline and watch 14 behind the scenes stories on our interactive website. The Age of the Drone - Doc Zone THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19 AT 9PM ON CBC-TV There’s a revolution happening and it’s overhead. The drones are coming. From Amazon to Google, the government and your neighbours, everyone is embracing the drone. The big question is: who gets to use them, and how? Watch a preview What's On: CBC News Network Cocaine Wars: Drug Speedboats - The Passionate Eye SATURDAY FEBRUARY 21 AT 10PM ET/PT ON CBC NEWS NETWORK Go undercover with drug agents trying to stop high speed drug boats that can smuggle up to $100 million worth of cocaine into N.A. Part 2/2 Watch a preview What's On: documentary Channel Behind the Red Carpet MONDAY FEBRUARY 23 AT 9 PM ET ON THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL Behind The Red Carpet introduces us to the movers, shakers and key players behind all the happenings and craziness of TIFF. We follow five lead characters who are the top in their field and highlight secondary characters such as publicists, party goers, restaurant owners, stylists and bodyguards as they navigate their way through one of largest film festivals in the world. Watch a preview. Full Docs on Demand Rise of a Species: The Great Human Odyssey Like other kinds of human who once shared our world, homo sapiens should have died away. Discover how our species faced near extinction in Africa, and then found a place to rebuild. Explore the birth of language and art at archeological excavations scientists are now calling “the cradle of the human mind”. Watch online The Truth About Female Desire An astonishingly frank exploration of what turns Canadian women on and why. A generation ago a woman who liked sex went to great lengths to hide it. Now she brags about it on national TV. Canadian women tell shocking truths about female desire. Watch online The Secret Life of Babies See babies as you've never seen them before. This beautifully shot, heart-warming and scientifically revealing film offers a fresh perspective on baby development with stunning timelapse footage and amazing facts. Watch online Exclusive Features EXPLORE NOMADIC CULTURES ONLINE Go on a dive with the Badjoe, the last of the world's underwater hunter gatherers. Visit our interactive website. WOMEN WHO OWED THEIR DESIRE AND CHANGED THE WORLD Meet eleven women in history and literature who paved the way for a modern sexual revolution. Visit our slideshow