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Origins of Us

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2011
  • 1h
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8.1/10
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Origins of Us (2011)
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Revealing powerful anatomical changes that gave humans the edge over all life on Earth, from walking to jaw shape and thumb movement, while exposing the surprising costs and consequences of ... Read allRevealing powerful anatomical changes that gave humans the edge over all life on Earth, from walking to jaw shape and thumb movement, while exposing the surprising costs and consequences of our evolutionary journey.Revealing powerful anatomical changes that gave humans the edge over all life on Earth, from walking to jaw shape and thumb movement, while exposing the surprising costs and consequences of our evolutionary journey.

  • Stars
    • Alice Roberts
    • Svante Pääbo
    • Clive Finlayson
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    • Stars
      • Alice Roberts
      • Svante Pääbo
      • Clive Finlayson
    • 2User reviews
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    Alice Roberts
    Alice Roberts
    • Self - Presenter
    • 2011
    Svante Pääbo
    Svante Pääbo
    • Self - Max Planck Inst. for Evolutionary Anthropology
    • 2011
    Clive Finlayson
    Clive Finlayson
    • Self - Gibraltar Museum
    • 2011
    Daniel Lieberman
    Daniel Lieberman
    • Self - Harvard University
    • 2011
    Rick Potts
    • Self - Smithsonian Institution
    • 2011
    Francis Mugurusi
    • Self - Kibale Chimpanzee Project
    • 2011
    Jean-Francois Meullenet
    • Self - University of Arkansas
    • 2011
    Peter Ungar
    • Self - University of Arkansas
    • 2011
    Brian Richmond
    • Self - The George Washington University
    • 2011
    Jeremy DeSilva
    • Self - Boston University
    • 2011
    Elizabeth Herrelko
    • Self - Edinburgh Zoo
    • 2011
    Kris Hern
    • Self - Zoo Manager, Twycross Zoo
    • 2011
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    10el_gallo_azul

    Fab

    Well-presented, and very good presentation of excellent content. The evolution of modern humans is encapsulated into 3 areas, which I consider to be logical - bones, guts and brains - for which you'll have to see the series to understand what these mean in detail. Each of these is well-explained with the right examples.

    Along the way, some geology and climate change is shown, and this is shown in an excellent way as well.

    This series uses appropriate graphics to illustrate points, often overlaying CGI on top of real footage. This also is well-done and never shaky or dodgy.

    The different stages of evolution are mentioned in each episode, as is the time of each stage, which is very helpful to the average viewer (including me).
    7pitikuss-726-728627

    not bad

    Easy going, well structured ..still..it's made on "popular-science" level...means: not that much specific details(maybe theories) which could be interesting to know (ponder upon)...

    I had to laugh how the native woman was shocked when the presenter admitted feeding her baby from bottle after few months. Anthropologist should know the importance...but still, she takes that important evolution advantage (breast-feeding) from her daughter...and goes for carrier (shooting this documentary).

    Best artificial milk in the world will not replace mother's breast-milk.

    ..anyway, I digressed ...BBC usually has pleasant documentaries...this is one of them..

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    • Release date
      • October 17, 2011 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Människans ursprung
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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