The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (2003)
• January 21st, 2003 • 2h 0min
Documentary
Overview
Many geneticists and archaeologists have long surmised that human life began in Africa. Dr. Spencer Wells, one of a group of scientists studying the origin of human life, offers evidence and theories to support such a thesis in this PBS special. He claims that Africa was populated by only a few thousand people that some deserted their homeland in a conquest that has resulted in global domination.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Tales of the Diaspora
Released on: 2025-02-02
Documentary
Tales of the Diaspora is the debut film from xxiivanu productions, and was conceived as a love lette...
Heal
Released on: 2017-10-20
Documentary
A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by cha...
The Earth: Coastlines
Released on: 1970-01-01
Documentary
Uses animation, wave tank, live-action photography, and underwater models to show how waves develop,...
Thank You for Coming
Released on: 2017-06-18
Documentary
At age 29, documentary filmmaker Sara Lamm discovered that she was conceived via sperm donor. Using ...
Liyana
Released on: 2017-07-15
Animation, Documentary
A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dang...
Mastodon in your Backyard
Released on: 2001-09-30
Documentary
A documentary about the 1999 discovery of a Mastodon skeleton in a Hyde Park backyard.
Afrikanische Affen
Released on: 1936-01-01
Documentary
A study of the behavior of monkeys in the African jungle.
The Making of Yaaba
Released on: 1989-01-02
Documentary
Djibril Diop Mambéty followed and filmed the shooting of Yaaba, Idrissa Ouédraogo's second feature f...
The Great Australian Fly
Released on: 2014-03-25
Documentary
THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLY looks at how a national nuisance has shaped Australia and its people, confo...
Life 2,000 Meters Under the Sea
Released on: 2014-06-23
Documentary
Deep down at the bottom of the ocean lies the mysterious world of the abyss. In the midst of boiling...
Ouaga, the Capital of Cinema
Released on: 2000-04-29
Documentary
Between 1983 and 1987, Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso and the home city of FESPACO, one of...
Silverback
Released on: 2024-01-07
Documentary
Feature-length documentary following award-winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet as he document...
Map Skills: Using Different Maps Together
Released on: 1960-01-01
Documentary
Through animation, maps of the same scale and projection are combined to show relationships between ...
Stem Cell Universe With Stephen Hawking
Released on: 2014-02-03
Documentary
The use of embryonic stem cells has ignited fierce debate across the spiritual and political spectru...
Africa, Blood & Beauty
Released on: 2012-01-04
History, Documentary
This film speaks of archaic peoples, their customs and mores, in an attempt to make the last snapsho...
Pyramid
Released on: 2002-10-28
Documentary, Drama
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that...