Around four million years ago, ape-like creatures discovered the advantages of walking upright. The starting point of a fascinating journey that, with many dead ends and setbacks, leads to modern man, who populates the whole world as a successful model of evolution. The impressive computer animations bring viewers closer to prehistoric and early man than ever before. The film also accompanies the world-renowned paleoanthropologist Friedemann Schrenk from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt to hotspots of human history between South Africa and Europe. The film shows documentary scenes from the hotspots of human history as well as spectacular computer animations.
This explores the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bron...
40, 000 years ago the steppes of Eurasia were home to our closest human relative, the Neanderthals. ...
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Documentary that discovers all the secrets of mummification in the Canary Islands thanks to pioneeri...
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Cleopatra - the most famous woman in history. We know her as a great queen, a beautiful lover and a ...
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The cutting edge group known as transhumanists see a beautiful future brought about by artificial in...
Dan Snow uncovers the lost Vikings in America with Dr Sarah Parcak. As Sarah searches for Vikings ac...
In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historia...
Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeolog...