Human (2025)
The most extraordinary story of all... Our own.
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals humanity's incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution – and how the story is stranger and more surprising than ever imagined.
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Episodes
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1. The First of Us2025-07-14 · 54mThe extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years are revolutionising the understanding of humanity's origin stor
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2. Into the Unknown2025-07-21 · 54mFollowing early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, heading into areas inhabited by other human species.
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3. Last Humans Standing2025-07-28 · 54mShocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it become the last human species on
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4. Discovering the Americas2025-08-04 · 54mDuring the height of the Ice Age, one of the coldest times humanity has ever known, Homo sapiens steps into the last habitable continents on the planet: the Americas.
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5. A Great Gamble2025-08-11 · 54mAround 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift - abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.
Cast
Ella Al-ShamahiSelf - Presenter
Melissa MassynImages
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