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Walking with Cavemen
On BBC One — From BBC · ProSieben Entertainment
Eye-to-eye with your ancestors.
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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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Episodes
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- E1 First AncestorsNext upMar 27, 2003 · 25 min
Synopsis
Journeying millions of years into the past, Winston goes on the trail of Australopithecus afarensis, an ape who took the first step towards modern man.
- E2 Blood BrothersApr 3, 2003 · 25 min
Synopsis
Two 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?
- E3 Savage FamilyApr 10, 2003 · 25 min
Synopsis
An 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.
- E4 The SurvivorsApr 24, 2003 · 25 min
Synopsis
A 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.
Cast & crew
Created by Richard Dale, Peter Georgi
Robert Winston
Andrew Sachs
