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- An extinct species or subspecies of the genus Homo which is closely related to modern humans. They are known from fossils, dating from the Pleistocene period, which have been found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia.
- David Attenborough explores Charles Darwin's controversial theory of evolution by natural selection.
- Famous naturalist David Attenborough explains the rise and fall of pterosaurs, mistakenly known as flying dinosaurs. He also flies a glider to show how big the Quetzalcoatlus, at the time the largest known pterosaur species, really was.
- Over its more than 4-billion-year history, Earth has been home to repeated violent climactic changes, which have caused mass extinctions. And yet, life has survived.
- A travel by the wonders of the universe as brief as unforgettable.
- Chemists, biologists, physicists, astronomers and geologists discuss the weaknesses of the theories of evolution and the Big Bang, as well as the strengths of the case for intelligent design and the accuracy of the Bible.
- The series begins with an in-depth look at flightless birds around the world.
- Attenborough visits several museums of natural history. With the aid of dinosaur skeletons, he demonstrates how they existed in real life, and speculates about the reasons for their sudden demise.
- In the first of this four-part BBC series, David Attenborough shows us how ancient creatures have come to be preserved as fossils and how those fossils can shed light on characteristics of these creatures' lives, and even their death. He further demonstrates how scientists use a variety of ingenious methods to extract once living creatures and plants from their rocky tombs.
- Using modern day creatures for comparison, scientists theorize what prehistoric animal traits seen within fossilized remains might have been used for during their period. Teaming together with aeronautical engineers, the Smithsonian Institution commissions a scale replica of a pterosaur to determine its flight capabilities.
- In this final installment to the series, David Attenborough travels to four unique locations about the globe where an abundance of fossilized plant and animal remains have given us a detailed picture of what life could have been like in prehistoric times. Each of the sites experienced its own set of circumstances which enabled it to preserve many perfect specimens for extraction and analysis. Piecing together the collected evidence, paleontologists have been able to determine early animal hierarchies, their diets and their evolutionary paths.
- 1994– Not Rated8.1 (11)TV Episode
- Long before the age of the dinosaurs a race of fearsome reptiles ruled the land. All but a few perished in the greatest extinction of all time. The earth still bears the mark of their deadly dynasty.
- How the Mediterranean Sea was formed, separating Southern Europe from Northern Africa, what unique animals evolved there, and how migrating birds and other land and sea creatures became dependent on it for food, breeding and habitat.
- Modern research, mainly in London and Turku (Finland), examines paleontological evidence and modern test-subjects on how the unique human sense of nudity roots in biological evolution. It proves nudity, except for patches on skull and genitals, was an advantage in hot Africa about 3 million years ago, and cloths evolved 500,000 years ago giving greater flexibility. Humans are conditioned to select 'healthy' mates from corresponding indicators, such as limited hairiness and features discernible under clothing.
- Stories of major crimes that were solved with the help of forensic evidence provided by expert witnesses. Soil analysis helps solve a 37-year-old murder investigation
- 2009TV Episode
- Some believe that the earth was created by God. Others believe that it was created by the Big Bang. Each side is adamant in their views, and refuses to entertain the other. But, is there a common ground? Host Howard Jacobson seeks to find a common ground where both the sciences and religion could be considered right.
- 201048m9.2 (8)TV EpisodeA second generation of British scientists includes the son of a boat builder, a charismatic risk-taker, an unsung botanist pioneer, and the visionary who kick-started the Industrial Revolution by perfecting the steam engine.
- Journeying much farther back in time, Roberts heads to Norfolk to see flint tools that push the earliest human occupation in the area back by 200,000 years, to around a million years ago. Far up north in the Orkney Islands, an ancient farm provides glimpses of early religious beliefs and customs. Back down south in Devon lies one of the oldest-known shipwrecks as well as a Bronze Age burial site.
- 2010–TV Episode
- Archeologists find footprints (in one case literally) of prehistoric people in Britain from different ages, waves and paleontological qualifications, as early as 5000,000 BC, including Neanderthals and even an earlier, distinct species. Homo sapiens arrived only the latest 31,000 years, but also in different waves, due to extremely variable climatological and geological conditions, mainly the stages of the latest Ice Age.
- In the last 10,000 years, after the Ice Age, the rising sea turned the British regions into islands, largely covered with woods. Only some thousands Mesolithic hunters-gatherers roamed around. However, apparently in several waves and at several coasts, neolithic people invaded, importing sedentary life. The superior productivity of agriculture and other technology, as i tool-making, enabled the start of many aspects of civilization, such as ownership, socio-political structures and armed violence. They left the first monuments, still hard to read.
- The Bronze Age, with monuments testifying to a glorious rich elite, declined quite rapidly once iron was around, stronger and more practical. Yet iron would only become common, more then bronze ever was, a few centuries later, perhaps due to climate stress. Whereas painstakingly produced bronze was a reference in its own right, beyond practical and cult use, to express wealth as well as obtain it, the easier, hence 'cheap' iron technology would 'only' enable a revolution in real agricultural productivity, allowing major population growth and spatial division, for the first time carving out single family-homes and plots as in historical times.
- 202258m7.7 (19)TV Episode
- Alice Roberts learns more about mankind's Stone Age ancestors, and travels to Jersey to meet a team hoping to shed new light on the Neanderthals.
- 2019–202244m7.4 (9)TV EpisodeCelebrating the wonders of Queensland, we travel over 1,000 miles from Brisbane to Cairns onboard one of the most advanced trains in the world.
- Dara and his team of experts tackle some of the biggest ideas in science, with subjects including the brain, space, music and reproduction.
- In this first leg, Michael finds out what happened to the once proud Euston Arch and braves the watery depths under Camden Town to see how goods were transported by rail, road and canal.
- What if we could explore the vastness of Space? Science fiction has always fed upon our need to wonder what is out there. From the horrifying scenes of Alien, to the epic spectacle of Star Wars, this is a journey to the stars and the alien encounters that await us there.
- What if aliens landed on Earth? No? Well, there is more than one kind of invasion.