Your ancestors were weirder than you think. Way weirder.
Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestFor 200,000 years the Neanderthals lived unchallenged in Europe. But 30,000 years ago climate change and the arrival of modern humans from the east forced them to adapt or die.
Series exploring the origins of human life, from African beginnings to Ice Age artists.
Production
Reconstructions that actually look like people, not plastic.
Writing
Narration treats you like an adult who can handle science.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leslie Aiello, featured paleoanthropologist, later became president of the Wenner-Gren Foundation and helped reshape how scientists fund human origins research.
Released during the 2000 millennium fervor when 'who are we' documentaries dominated—this one aged better than most by avoiding Y2K hysteria entirely.
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