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  title info:
    title: Mankind decoded
    part number: Season 1, Episode 4
    part name: Violent planet
  name:
    name part: Meyers, Eric
    name part: 1959-
    role:
      role term: narrator.
  name:
    name part: H2 (Television Network)
    role:
      role term: production company.
  name:
    name part: Nutopia (Firm)
    role:
      role term: production company.
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Documentary television programs
  genre: Nonfiction television programs
  genre: Nonfiction television programs.
  genre: Documentary television programs.
  genre: Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
  genre: Documentaires télévisés.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (23 min.)
  abstract: Episode Four: Violent Planet Over millions of years mankind has evolved from a puny, vulnerable creature to become a dominant force on the planet. Occasionally the planet bites back - with terrifying consequences that have shaped our evolution. 70,000 years ago humans spread across Africa and Southern Asia. But then a catastrophe strikes, taking us to the brink of extinction. The Toba mega-volcano erupts in Indonesia sending trillions of tonnes of ash into the atmosphere, blocking the sun. The prey we hunt become scarce. The human population drops from over a million to just a few thousand. Yet out of this extreme hardship we emerge stronger. But the planet has more tests to throw at us. 20,000 years ago large parts of the world are covered in Ice. Again we are forced to adapt, and for the first time we must create appropriate clothing. We turn a shard of bone into a needle - capable of stitching together close fitting clothes. Around 10,000 years ago the ice recedes. In the Middle East edible plants and grasses - like wheat - thrive. Humans take advantage of this excess, and establish permanent settlements. The warming world helps give birth to farming. But with farming and settlement, conflict arises between neighbouring groups. In the Mongolian Steppes a leader emerges: Genghis Khan. He leads the Mongols in a bloody rampage across the world, killing millions, forging a giant empire that connects the Far East to Europe. A long period of rain, floods and famine have rendered Europeans weak. Down the Mongol highways travels an even more terrifying killer than Genghis Khan: The Black Death. Millions die. When the plague subsides, survivors find themselves facing a new world. There are fewer people, more land, food and jobs. In this new Europe, Venice becomes rich from trade and banking. The Renaissance blossoms in an explosion of innovation, culture and commerce. The search for new trade routes inspires wealthy Europeans to explore, to travel ... and they discover th…
  target audience: adult
  note: [narrated by Eric Meyers].
  note: Title from resource description page (viewed June 27, 2017).
  note: In English.
  subject:
    topic: Human evolution
  subject:
    topic: Human ecology
  subject:
    topic: Nature and civilization
  subject:
    topic: Technology and civilization
  subject:
    topic: Civilization
  subject:
    topic: Êtres humains
    topic: Évolution
  subject:
    topic: Écologie humaine
  subject:
    topic: Nature et civilisation
  subject:
    topic: Technologie et civilisation
  subject:
    topic: Civilisation
  subject:
    topic: Civilization
  subject:
    topic: Human ecology
  subject:
    topic: Human evolution
  subject:
    topic: Nature and civilization
  subject:
    topic: Technology and civilization
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Academic Video Online
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  record info:
    record content source: ALSTP
    record creation date: 170627
    record change date: 20241201233002.6
    record identifier: in00005585574
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng