NOVA's groundbreaking investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Becoming Human explores the origins of us -where modern humans and our capacities for art, invention, and survival came from, and how our social history led to 3-5% of our genetic heritage being Neanderthal. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot in the trenches as fossils were unearthed, and stunning computer-generated animation, Becoming Human brings early hominids to life, examining how they lived and how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today. In gripping forensic detail, we meet: Selam, the amazingly complete remains of a 3 million year-old child, packed with clues to why we split from the apes, came down from the trees, and started walking upright; Turkana Boy -a tantalizing fossil of Homo erectus, the first ancestor to leave Africa and colonize the globe. What led to this first great African exodus?

By decoding ancient hieroglyphic texts, Jean-François Champollion gave voice to an enigmatic civiliz...

Nova and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil h...

For centuries, Stonehenge has been cloaked in mystery. Who built it? How did they do it? Why did the...

This short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse sett...

What killed King Tutankhamun? Ever since his spectacular tomb was discovered, the boy king has been ...

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...

With the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, the line between humans and machines continu...

A documentary made by History Time on YouTube. Written, researched and produced by Pete Kelly.

Rascar Capac, the sinister creature featured on Hergé's album The Seven Crystal Balls (1948), has le...

An international team of art restorers and archaeologists begin work on the restoration of medieval ...