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★ 6.3/10•2025•59m•Documentary
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The most extraordinary story of all... Our own.

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals humanity's incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution – and how the story is stranger and more surprising than ever imagined.

StatusEnded
Runtime59m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 14, 2025

Episodes

Episode 1 - The First of UsE154m

The First of Us

The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years are revolutionising the understanding of humanity's origin story.

Jul 14, 2025

Episode 2 - Into the UnknownE254m

Into the Unknown

Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, heading into areas inhabited by other human species.

Jul 21, 2025

Episode 3 - Last Humans StandingE354m

Last Humans Standing

Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it become the last human species on Earth.

Jul 28, 2025

Episode 4 - Discovering the AmericasE454m

Discovering the Americas

During the height of the Ice Age, one of the coldest times humanity has ever known, Homo sapiens steps into the last habitable continents on the planet: the Americas.

Aug 4, 2025

Episode 5 - A Great GambleE554m

A Great Gamble

Around 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift - abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.

Aug 11, 2025

Actors

Ella Al-Shamahi

Ella Al-Shamahi

Self - Presenter

Melissa Massyn

Melissa Massyn

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