Early Humans: Ice, Stone, and Survival

Early Humans: Ice, Stone, and Survival

Documentary 2023

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection

Experiencing 2.5 million years of history while discovering what life has been for early humans.

Documentary 2023

PG

Starring Suzanne Pilaar Birch

EPISODE 1

What Does It Mean to Be Human?

Exploring human development and the considering questions about early life.

25 min · Apr 21, 2023 PG
EPISODE 2

Stones and Bones: The First Fossil Families

Homo habilis, the earliest known species of the genus.

25 min · Apr 21, 2023 PG
EPISODE 3

Bio-Cultural Adaptation andHomo erectus

Meeting Homo erectus, the first of the genus to walk completely upright.

27 min · Apr 21, 2023 PG
EPISODE 4

HowHomo sapiensLeft Africa

Exploring the roles of gene flow and the exchanges of artifacts, ideas and social structure.

26 min · Apr 21, 2023 PG
EPISODE 5

X-Woman! Meet Our Ancient Relatives

Discovering the complexity of early human history by meeting Denny, a female specimen.

24 min · Apr 21, 2023 PG
EPISODE 6

Did the Neanderthals Really Go Extinct?

Exploring the culture-rich lives of the Neanderthals, who existed for more than 300,000 years across a vast geographic space.

24 min · Apr 21, 2023 PG

Suzanne Pilaar Birch

Host

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Early Humans: Ice, Stone, and Survival

DOCUMENTARY

Experiencing 2.5 million years of history while discovering what life has been for early humans.

Information

Studio: The Great Courses
Released: 2023
Rated: PG

Languages

Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.