Becoming human, produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation
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Becoming human, produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation
Language
eng
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videorecording
Main title
Becoming human
Oclc number
493555109
Responsibility statement
produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation
Runtime
180
Series statement
Nova
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
Table Of Contents
First steps / produced by Jennifer Beman White ; written and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.) -- Birth of humanity / written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.) -- Last human standing / written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.)
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animation and live action
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Unearthing our earliest ancestors
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- Human evolution
- Social evolution
- Cultural Evolution
- Paleoanthropology
- Documentary television programs
- Biological Evolution
- Neanderthals
- Climate Change
- Nonfiction films
- Primates + Evolution
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Homo erectus + Evolution
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Science television programs
- Fossil hominids
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Hominidae
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- Human evolution
- Social evolution
- Cultural Evolution
- Paleoanthropology
- Documentary television programs
- Biological Evolution
- Neanderthals
- Climate Change
- Nonfiction films
- Primates + Evolution
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Homo erectus + Evolution
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Science television programs
- Fossil hominids
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Hominidae
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