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Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth

Homo Erectus

In the not-too-distant past, humans shared this planet with other species of hominid. This series tells how, against all the odds, Homo sapiens survived.

This episode is set 75,000 years ago in India, following a catastrophic super-volcanic eruption which forced a showdown between our ancestors and a completely different species of human, Homo erectus, who up until that point had reigned supreme.

To see humanity’s journey across the entire planet, this interactive timeline gives an amazing overview of what has happened throughout the last 160.000 years.

Released 23 June, 2011. 60 min. Narrator: Geraldine James. TV documentary series.

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  • historyman

    Usually I really like the movies on this site.
    This documentary is feminist propaganda. The story is baiscally about two women and a boy who outsmart some dumb “animal” men.
    It is quite a shame how an interesting topic is used for transporting that crude message …

  • Anotherviewer

    That’s quite a stretch historyman.. you might want to reassess your own personal issues towards women (this is coming from a man)

  • Athirdviewer

    Amazing video. It’s nice to see how some subtle differences in capabilities can have such extraordinary consequences.

    I kind of wish we were still living in those days though, when humans were just another species on Earth trying to survive. Individuals today are often still trying to survive, but it feels forced upon by nameless institutions instead of the glory of nature, which is much harder to bear psychologically (despite the standard of living being much higher now, happiness is probably lower)

  • hey

    As a professional anthropologist can I say how embarrassed I am by this drivel? Why did I watch? It’s like picking spots, you know you shouldn’t do it but something just compels you to squeeze anyway. Ho hum.

    • paul

      Yes, but its entretainment not academic study.Whats your view of what gave homo sapiens the advantage? I’d be interested to hear a professional perspective. Just how its not climate change, it seems climate change is the answer to every question of history now. While its important it can’t explain everything.

  • hey

    By the way episode one was not available so I base my comments on episode two. Maybe episode one was brilliant. LOL.

  • http://mgcmag.com Rachelnico

    I somehow think it’s hilarious that these ancestors are British, but I guess if anything British people must think that about all documentaries that take place back in the day with American accents. LOL

  • Michael Kinsey

    Entertaining fiction, indeed. The real problems with these scenarios is the dating method. A caolecante 350 million years old and the one caught yesterday, is something I can’t get my head around. There are also scientific proofs that the speed of time is not constant . Relativity proven by Einstein can create variables we could not possibly be aware of. As far as the different Homo groupings, dog breeds could provide the slight variations in physiology stemming from primarily the same DNA. A great dane and beagle have much more striking physical differences. Assuming they were different species could only be proven by DNA, which is not possible. I reject the assumptions which are not based on anything other empirical evidence applied subjectively.

  • http://www.facebook.com/KellyLachmund Kelly Lachmund

    so homo erectus was white? lol, still an entertaining doc.