TV Series
★6.3(18 votes)
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“The most extraordinary story of all... Our own.”
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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Series 1
5 EpisodesStranger 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.
EP 01
01.The First of Us
54m★ 2.4
2025-07-14
01.The First of Us
54m★ 2.4
Aired 2025-07-14
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 story.
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EP 02
02.Into the Unknown
54m★ 2.4
2025-07-21
02.Into the Unknown
54m★ 2.4
Aired 2025-07-21
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.
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EP 03
03.Last Humans Standing
54m★ 4.5
2025-07-28
03.Last Humans Standing
54m★ 4.5
Aired 2025-07-28
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 Earth.
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EP 04
04.Discovering the Americas
54m★ 4.5
2025-08-04
04.Discovering the Americas
54m★ 4.5
Aired 2025-08-04
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.
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EP 05
05.A Great Gamble
54m
2025-08-11
05.A Great Gamble
54m
Aired 2025-08-11
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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