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Walking with Cavemen: Series 1
March 27, 2003
4 Episodes
~25 min per episode
Overview
No overview available for this season.
Episodes
4
1
First Ancestors
Mar 27, 2003
25 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.
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2
Blood Brothers
Apr 3, 2003
25 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?
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3
Savage Family
Apr 10, 2003
25 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.
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4
The Survivors
Apr 24, 2003
25 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.
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