Human
Human
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Human

The most extraordinary story of all... Our own.

6.2 / 10
2025
1 season
5 episodes
Documentary

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals humanity's incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution – and how the story is stranger and more surprising than ever imagined.

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Human Trailer - The Untold Story of our Human Origins - BBC

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Seasons

Stranger and more dramatic than we ever imagined - these are our untold origins. With stunning visuals and cutting-edge science, Ella Al-Shamahi reveals the story of our species.

  • The First of Us

    1.The First of Us

    2.4
    14-07-202554m

    The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years are revolutionising the understanding of humanity's origin stor...

  • Into the Unknown

    2.Into the Unknown

    2.4
    21-07-202554m

    Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, heading into areas inhabited by other human species.

  • Last Humans Standing

    3.Last Humans Standing

    4.5
    28-07-202554m

    Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it become the last human species on...

  • Discovering the Americas

    4.Discovering the Americas

    4.5
    04-08-202554m

    During the height of the Ice Age, one of the coldest times humanity has ever known, Homo sapiens steps into the last habitable continents on the planet: the Americas.

  • A Great Gamble

    5.A Great Gamble

    11-08-202554m

    Around 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift - abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.

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