Series
Walking with Cavemen
“Eye-to-eye with your ancestors.”
Documentary
Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-million-year journey to civilisation.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1First Ancestors27 Mar 2003 · 25mJourneying millions of years into the past, Winston goes on the trail of Australopithecus afarensis, an ape who took the first step towards modern man.
- 2Blood Brothers3 Apr 2003 · 25mTwo species of ape-man feature in the second of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry: the gentle, root-munching Paranthropus boisei and the enterprising scavenger Homo habilis. Who had the best strategy for survival in their prehistoric world?
- 3Savage Family10 Apr 2003 · 25mAn extraordinary new breed of ape-man called homo ergaster has taken over Africa. They are expert tool-makers, food-finders and travellers, but where they differ most from their predecessors is in their communal lifestyle. The third instalment of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry travels back one-and-half million years to explore this innovative creature.
- 4The Survivors24 Apr 2003 · 25mA focus on a group of Homo heidelbergensis, advanced tool users who lived in family units but who were incapable of imagination, and their descendents the Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, who came to conquer the world.
Details
- Created by
- Richard Dale, Peter Georgi
- First aired
- 27 Mar 2003
- Last aired
- 24 Apr 2003
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 4
- Votes
- 9 on TMDB
Cast
Robert WinstonHimself - Presenter
Andrew SachsNarrator
