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Evolution
In the beginning there were amoebas. Then there fish and then there were walking, air-breathing fish. Then there were Apes and then, well, you and me. At some point along the vast evolutionary scale a change occurred - a genetic mutation was born giving rise to a new species – the first ‘Human’. The problem is when? In ‘Evolution’ we travel the globe in search our earliest ancestor; the first animal we can say is undeniably not an Ape but one of ‘us’. Which ancestor was the first of our kind? ‘Our kind’ developed television, the Web, the nuclear bomb, a race that landed on the moon? We travel through Africa, Europe and North America in search of an answer to one of the most enduring mysteries of all. Where did we come from?
Produced by Robert Strange
Directed by Stuart Everett
Price: $19.99
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ONE PAGE SYNOPSIS – EVOLUTION
In the beginning there were amoebas. Then there fish and then there were walking, air-breathing fish. Then there were Apes and then, well, me and you. At some point along the vast evolutionary scale a change occurred - a genetic mutation was born giving rise to a new species – the first ‘Human’. The problem is when? In ‘Evolution’ Naked Science travels the globe in search our earliest ancestor, the first animal we can say is undeniably not an Ape but one of ‘us’.
The Suspects
Lucy: Our Cousin Lucy’s remains were found in Ethiopia and date back 3.4 million years. She is an Afarensis Australopithecus and was the first our ancestors that we know to have stood up and walked on two legs. But was that enough to make her human? Working with the very best special effects artists in the film industry, Naked Science recreates Lucy and takes her out on the streets of London to gauge people’s reaction to her.
Turkana boy: The Problem is that Lucy was, not to put to finer point on it, stupid. Her brain size was tiny. If we leap forward a million years or so up the scale the brain has developed significantly and crucially the Apes had learned how to use their hands. We talk to leading palaeo-anthropologist Lee Berger at the Cradle of Mankind in South Africa about Turkana Boy and the first evidence of ‘humans’ using tools and weapons and we meet Francis Thackeray who talks about what he sees as the one key development – mans control of fire.
The 60,000 year old man: Convincing, but not convincing enough for Spencer Wells. We travel to Washington where he explains his work using DNA to track down our common ancestor – the one person whose genetic code is the same everybody on earth. According to Spencer, we find that person 60,000 years ago, the survivor of a massive volcanic eruption in Africa.
Three convincing claimants, but which one is the first of our kind? Which one of these can claim ancestors who developed television, the Web, the nuclear bomb, a race which landed on the moon? Naked Science travels through Africa, Europe and North America in search of an answer to one of the most enduring mysteries of all. Where did we come from?
ASPECT RATIO 4.3
MAIN SOUNDTRACK English Stereo
DISC FORMAT DVD 5
REGION 1 NTSC
CLASSIFICATION Exempt
NOTE Not available for shipment outside the USA
Produced by Robert Strange
Directed by Stuart Everett
Runtime: 54 minutes
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