Ape-Man

Series exploring the origins of human life, from African beginnings to Ice Age artists.

Storyline

Series exploring the origins of human life, from African beginnings to Ice Age artists.

First Aired

2000-02-22
Last Aired

2000-03-28
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

6
Status

Returning Series
Language

English
Network

BBC Two

Keywords:

evolution primate

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Season 1

1. Human

Ice Age cave paintings could provide clues to our past. Their meaning is discovered by using research ...More

Ice Age cave paintings could provide clues to our past. Their meaning is discovered by using research into hallucination, Namibian bushmen's dance and South African rock art.Less

50mins 2000-02-22

2. First Born

Did our ancestors the australopithecines or 'upright apes', flourish because of the abandonment of veg...More

Did our ancestors the australopithecines or 'upright apes', flourish because of the abandonment of vegetarianism?Less

50mins 2000-02-29

3. Body

The discovery of a skeleton, nicknamed Nariokotome Boy, confirmed that 'ape-man' lived about one and a...More

The discovery of a skeleton, nicknamed Nariokotome Boy, confirmed that 'ape-man' lived about one and a half million years ago, and the 'missing link' moved from theory to fact.Less

50mins 2000-03-07

4. Love

For years, primitive hominids roamed Africa and Asia. Archaeological discoveries have shown how Europe...More

For years, primitive hominids roamed Africa and Asia. Archaeological discoveries have shown how Europe was colonised and uncovered the moment when human feelings of friendship, trust and love began.Less

50mins 2000-03-14

5. Exodus

A look at the daily lives of the first Homo sapiens found at cave sites on the southern coast of Afric...More

A look at the daily lives of the first Homo sapiens found at cave sites on the southern coast of Africa. Over generations these beach dwellers migrated to Australia, the Far East and finally Europe.Less

50mins 2000-03-21

6. Contact

For 200,000 years the Neanderthals lived unchallenged in Europe. But 30,000 years ago climate change a...More

For 200,000 years the Neanderthals lived unchallenged in Europe. But 30,000 years ago climate change and the arrival of modern humans from the east forced them to adapt or die.Less