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.

Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction ("...

Shot with stunning elegance and clarity, NAKED SPACES explores the rhythm and ritual of life in the ...

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice is a documentary presented by English anatomist Dr. Alice Rober...

An Austrian director followed five successful African music and dance artists with his camera and fo...

A Cambridge geneticist dispels misconceptions about living with obesity and explores why the epidemi...

Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives...

This film speaks of archaic peoples, their customs and mores, in an attempt to make the last snapsho...

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the ele...

Human genetics is one of the most exciting fields in science at the moment. Not only does it advance...

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...

Every year, on the steppes of the Serengeti, the most spectacular migration of animals on our planet...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...

From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcan...

Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Ab...

Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that...