Walking with Cavemen

Name: Walking with Cavemen
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-03-27
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Robert Winston, Andrew Sachs

“Eye-to-eye with your ancestors.”

★ 8.3 /10 (9) • 2003

Documentary

Creator Richard Dale, Peter Georgi

Director Pierre de Lespinois

Screenplay Michael Olmert

Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-million-year journey to civilisation.

Seasons

Episodes

Country

United Kingdom

Status

Ended

Cast

Robert Winston

Himself - Presenter · 4 eps

Andrew Sachs

Narrator · 4 eps

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Episode Guide

First Ancestors

27 Mar 200325 min

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.

Blood Brothers

03 Abr 200325 min

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?

Savage Family

10 Abr 200325 min

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.

The Survivors

24 Abr 200325 min

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.