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1. History of the World: Part I (1981)
R | 92 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 55,291 | Gross: $31.67M
2. The Meaning of Life (1983)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Musical
The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 125,397 | Gross: $14.93M
3. Walking with Cavemen (2003)
120 min | Documentary, History
The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.
Stars: Robert Winston, Alec Baldwin, Andrew Sachs, Alex Palmer
Votes: 1,447
4. Journey of the Universe (2011)
TV-G | 56 min | Documentary
The Emmy Award winning JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE tells an epic story of cosmic, Earth and human transformation from The Big Bang to today. Evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme and ... See full summary »
Directors: David Kennard, Patsy Northcutt | Star: Brian Thomas Swimme
Votes: 247
5. Enigma Man a Stone Age Mystery (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
A team of Australian and Chinese scientists discover ancient human remains in a remote cave in South West China. The bones are unlike any living human or any ancient human known to science,... See full summary »
Director: Daniella Ortega | Stars: Biman Wimalaratne, Niyat Berhan, Alice Keohavong, Craig Menaud
Votes: 49
6. The Birth of Europe (1991– )
55 min | Documentary, History
BBC documentary about the prehistoric origin, slow evolution and turbulent history of human civilizations in Europe.
Star: Nigel Anthony
Votes: 21
7. The acncient Seamasters: The Journey of the Malayo-Polynesian Ancient Seafarers (2012 Video)
51 min | Documentary
The ancestors of the Malaysians and Polynesians were conducting trade across the Indian and Pacific Oceans centuries before Europeans ventured from coastal waters to cross the Atlantic. ... See full summary »
Director: Iqbal Putera | Stars: Hassan Ali, Zilfalil Alwi, Mokhtar Asidin, Stephen Chai
9.
Da Ali G Show (2000–2004)
Episode:
Science
(2003)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy
Ali G conducts a roundtable discussion on science and interviews Ralph Nader and C. Everett Koop. Borat visits a minor-league baseball team and a Nevada test site...and also protests nuclear testing.
Director: Dan Mazer | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremiah Baumann, Joseph Coates, Kent Hovind
Votes: 205
10.
Once Upon a Time... Man (1978–1981)
Episode:
Le Cro-Magnon
(1978)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The Cro-Magnon.
Director: Albert Barillé | Stars: Annie Balestra, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq, Claude Bertrand
Votes: 89
11.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
The Compulsive Communicators
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
Tracing the evolution of the human species from African ape to the prodigious colonization of the entire earth and the impact upon the planet both now and in the future.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 76
12.
Dates That Made History (2017–2020)
Episode:
The Lascaux Cave (18,000 B.C.)
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, History
Based on the discovery of painted caves dating back up to 70,000 years ago, such as Blombos Cave, the pictograms that were found in Lascaux Cave now appear to represent human art from a sort of "middle ages" of prehistory.
Director: Jean-Christophe Ribot | Stars: François Bon, Patrick Boucheron
13.
Stefan Milo (2018– )
Episode:
Humanity 100,000 Years Ago - Life in the Paleolithic
(2021)
20 min | Documentary
100,000 years ago there were six human species roaming around Africa and southern Eurasia compared to just one today, us. There may have been more. At this time they were still fighting off... See full summary »
Stars: Stefan Milo, Stefan Milosavljevich
14.
Anton Petrov (2012– )
Episode:
Did Humans Become the Dominant Species Because of Toba Super Volcano?
(2021)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, News
Star: Anton Petrov
15.
PBS Eons (2017– )
Episode:
How Humans Became (Mostly) Right-Handed
(2021)
10 min | Documentary
Handedness is exclusive to humans among placental mammals including primates. And it apparently was passed down from ancestors of homo sapiens going back over a million years. Genes have ... See full summary »
Star: Blake de Pastino
16.
Stefan Milo (2018– )
Episode:
Are Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals the Same Species?
(2021)
19 min | Documentary
Species is hard to define. Homo Sapiens and Neanderthal are distinctly different anatomically. But if you prefer the definition based on interbreeding then they are the same species. Still ... See full summary »
Stars: Anna Goldfield, Stefan Milo
17.
PBS Eons (2017– )
Episode:
How a Supervolcano Ignited an Evolutionary Debate
(2021)
11 min | Documentary
The Toba Human Bottleneck Hypothesis proposes that an apparent decline in homo sapiens populations about 75,000 year ago was the result of the eruption of the Toba super volcano on the ... See full summary »
Star: Michelle Barboza-Ramirez
18.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Prehistoric Europe
(2018)
18 min | Documentary
New archaeological discoveries are overturning the common knowledge about the emergence of human civilization. Some discoveries are pretty major like the first human to set foot in North ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
19.
North 02 (2018– )
Episode:
How many species of Human were there?
(2022)
31 min | Documentary
Currently (2022) thirteen species of human are generally recognized. Here is their history beginning along with honorary mentions of some suspected or controversial species and several ... See full summary »
Star: Dain Nelson
20.
Highly Compelling (2022– )
Episode:
Why Did Modern Humans Take So Long to Leave Africa?
(2022)
10 min | Documentary, History
The accepted view of human evolution has home sapiens evolving in east Africa. But the discovery of similar human fossils in other parts of Africa is calling this view into question and ... See full summary »
Star: Travis Templer
21.
Highly Compelling (2022– )
Episode:
Scientists Reveal Neanderthals Caused Their Own Extinction
(2023)
15 min | Documentary, History
A virtual experiment suggests that the Neaderthal tendency to rely on cannibalism in hard times may have become endemic causing divisions into group contributing to their extinction. An ... See full summary »
Star: Travis Templer
22.
The HEAP (2021– )
Episode:
The Last Common Ancestor with Chimpanzees: Part One
(2021)
11 min | Documentary
Chimpanzees are our closest living species and we share many common ancestors. However, the general consensus is we probably haven't identified our last common ancestor. But chimpanzees ... See full summary »
Star: Riley Harnett
23.
PBS Eons (2017– )
Episode:
When We First Talked
(2021)
12 min | Documentary
Human speech is a much matter of anatomy as intelligence. Careful study of the throat and ear anatomy of hominids is giving paleontologists an idea of when humans started talking to one another.
Star: Kallie Moore
24.
Memoria de España (2004–2005)
Episode:
En el inicio de los tiempos
(2004)
49 min | Documentary, Drama
25.
PBS Space Time (2015– )
Episode:
What if Humans Are NOT Earth's First Civilization? | Silurian Hypothesis
(2023)
20 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Scientists wonder if another technological civilization existed on Earth in the past. Fossils and artifacts of such a civilization more than a few million years old would already be ... See full summary »
Star: Matthew O'Dowd
26.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Great Human Odyssey
(2016)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary
Scientists are using archaeological and cultural findings to map humans' exodus from Africa and identify the adaptive skills required for the journey.
Director: Niobe Thompson | Stars: Sarah Anzick, Berhane Asfaw, Kalepa Baybayan, Yonas Beyene
Votes: 87
27.
Big Brain Tweeting (2016– )
Episode:
Tweets About Betsy DeVos and Rick Perry
(2017)
Comedy
Trump tweets a link to an interview with Education Secretary Betsy Devos and Energy Secretary Rick Perry.
Director: Carlo Fiorletta | Stars: Emma Borenstein, Simcha Borenstein, Carlo Fiorletta, Johnson Francesca
28.
Africa's Great Civilizations (2017)
Episode:
Origins
(2017)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History
The host Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores what is considered to be the cradle of civilization where first modern humans emerged some 200,000 years ago, and covers African history from Mitochondrial Eve to the ancient Kingdom of Kush.
Director: Virginia Quinn | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., George Lamptey, Richard Leakey
Votes: 32
29.
First Peoples (2015)
Episode:
Asia
(2015)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, History
Discover the ancient humans living across Asia when Homo sapiens arrived. Our ancestors mated with them and their genes found a home within our DNA. More than that, they've helped us face down extinction.
Directors: Nicolas Brown, Nigel Walk | Stars: Kerry Shale, Joshua Akey, Fabrice Demeter, John Hawks
Votes: 27
30.
Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982– )
Episode:
Sternstunden der Steinzeit
(2018)
52 min | Documentary, History
Director: Martin Papirowski | Stars: Thomas Balou Martin, Ignacio de la Torre, Nicholas Conard, Hermann Parzinger
Votes: 7