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The Million Year March of Humanity Episodes

  1.

    Leaving Africa

    How we overcame oceans and icy landscapes as we migrated

  2. Creativity

    How we developed our creativity to produce great works of art and music

  3. The Development of Trade

    An examination of how our ancestors developed trade

  4. How our Ancestors Learned to Make and Use Fire

    No other animal on the planet can make fire

  5. Language

    How our species learned to talk, setting us apart from all other animals

  6. Genetic Ancestry

    Studying genetic material of present day humans to trace our ancestors

  7. Early Tool Making

    Complex tool making skills set early humans apart from other animals

  8. Walking, Talking and Intelligence

    Exploring when humans began to stand upright and walk on two legs

  9. From Apes to Humans

    The greatest human triumph is our evolution from primate to the modern man

  10. How our Ancestors Discovered Agriculture

    10,000 years ago our ancestors discovered agriculture

  11. Belief

    What were the beliefs of our ancestors?