National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells Host Carolyn Beeler about Suyanggae, South Korea, an archaeological zone that holds rare and precious relics of the peoples who first arrived there up to 46,000 years ago. He observes that the Stone Age represents nearly 99% of human history, and most of that unrecorded human experience remains unknown.
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