The Incredible Human Journey

This is an educational journey that immerses you in the vast sweep of human history through scientific discovery.

Created by

Michael Mosley

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Alice Roberts, Tessa Wojtczak, Kyle Brown

Tagline

Follow in the footsteps of our ancestors and discover how the first humans became you.

Overview

There are seven billion humans on Earth, spread across the whole planet. Scientific evidence suggests that most of us can trace our origins to one tiny group of people who left Africa around 70,000 years ago. In this five-part series, Dr Alice Roberts follows the archaeological and genetic footprints of our ancient ancestors to find out how their journeys transformed our species into the humans we are today, and how Homo Sapiens came to dominate the planet.

How it feels

Earnest and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Science, exploration, nature, immigration

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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