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Ape-Man: Adventures in Human Evolution

Ape-Man: Adventures in Human Evolution

★ 10.0/10•2000•50m•Documentary
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Series exploring the origins of human life, from African beginnings to Ice Age artists.

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 22, 2000

Episodes

E150m

Human

Ice Age cave paintings could provide clues to our past. Their meaning is discovered by using research into hallucination, Namibian bushmen's dance and South African rock art.

Feb 22, 2000

E250m

First Born

Did our ancestors the australopithecines or 'upright apes', flourish because of the abandonment of vegetarianism?

Feb 29, 2000

E350m

Body

The discovery of a skeleton, nicknamed Nariokotome Boy, confirmed that 'ape-man' lived about one and a half million years ago, and the 'missing link' moved from theory to fact.

Mar 7, 2000

E450m

Love

For years, primitive hominids roamed Africa and Asia. Archaeological discoveries have shown how Europe was colonised and uncovered the moment when human feelings of friendship, trust and love began.

Mar 14, 2000

E550m

Exodus

A look at the daily lives of the first Homo sapiens found at cave sites on the southern coast of Africa. Over generations these beach dwellers migrated to Australia, the Far East and finally Europe.

Mar 21, 2000

E650m

Contact

For 200,000 years the Neanderthals lived unchallenged in Europe. But 30,000 years ago climate change and the arrival of modern humans from the east forced them to adapt or die.

Mar 28, 2000

Actors

Leslie Aiello

Herself

Bob Brain

Himself

Hugh Quarshie

Hugh Quarshie

Narrator

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LIFE BEYOND
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