Becoming Human (NOVA)

Vídeos (3) YouTube (EvolutionDocumentary el 23-24/01/2012) añadidos a Paleo Vídeos > Prehistoria Universal > L.R.2.3

Episode 1: First Steps (51:03)
Broadcast (2010) First Steps examines the factors that caused us to split from the other great apes. The program explores the fossil of Selam, also known as Lucy's Child. Paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged spent five years carefully excavating the sandstone embedded fossil. NOVA's cameras are there to capture the unveiling of the face, spine, and shoulder blades of this 3.3 million year old fossil child...

Episode 2: Birth Of Humanity (51:03)
Broadcast (2010) The second episode of this series from NOVA investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us "Turkana Boy" an astonishingly complete specimen of Homo erectus found by the famous Leakey team in Kenya. These early humans are thought to have developed key innovations that helped them thrive, including hunting large prey, the use of fire, and extensive social bonds...

Episode 3: Last Human Standing (51:02)
Broadcast (2010) Last Human Standing examines the fate of the Neanderthals, our European cousins who died out as modern humans spread from Africa into Europe during the Ice Age. Did modern humans interbreed with Neanderthals or exterminate them? The program explores crucial evidence from the recent decoding of the Neanderthal genome. How did modern humans take over the world? New evidence suggests that they left Africa and colonized the rest of the globe far earlier, and for different reasons, than previously thought...

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