BECOMING HUMAN
Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors
DVD (widescreen)
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"Millions of years ago, we were apes, living ape lives in Africa," beginsNOVA's fascinating summary of leading scholarship on human origins.
Three 53-minute episodes consider, in turn, the hominids, the first humans, and the dawn of human culture. Main topics: climate swings as drivers of hominid evolution, becoming bipedal, the evolving brain, toolmaking, developing social bonds, efficient running, hunting large prey, using fire, extended childhood and parenting, why we survived (while Neanderthals, homo erectus, and Indonesia’s "hobbits" died out), and the ways we continue to evolve.
| Copyright | 2009 |
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| Publisher | WGBH |
| Grade | 6 and up |
| Color | Color |
| Run Time | 160 minutes |