Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors /
"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's...investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and...computer-genera...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Subtitled in English; optional audio description. |
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| Summary: | "Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's...investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and...computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today...In the first episode...encounter..."Selam," the amazingly complete remains of a 3 million year-old child, packed with clues to why we split from the apes, came down from the trees, and started walking upright...[T]he second episode investigates the riddle of "Turkana Boy" -- a tantalizing fossil of Homo erectus, the first ancestor to leave Africa and colonize the globe...[T]he final episode...explores the origins of "us" -- where modern humans and our capacities for art, invention, and survival came from, and what happened when we encountered the mysterious Neanderthals..."--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program Nova in 2009. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 3 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; High Definition 1080i; stereo.; region A. This Blu-ray disc will not play on standard DVD players. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Written and directed by Graham Townsley. |
| ISBN: | 9781608831258 1608831256 |