Human
The most extraordinary story of all... Our own.
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals humanity's incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution – and how the story is stranger and more surprising than ever imagined.
Seasons
1. The First of Us
Air Date: 2025-07-14
The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years are revolutionising the understanding of humanity's origin story.
2. Into the Unknown
Air Date: 2025-07-21
Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, heading into areas inhabited by other human species.
3. Last Humans Standing
Air Date: 2025-07-28
Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it become the last human species on Earth.
4. Discovering the Americas
Air Date: 2025-08-04
During the height of the Ice Age, one of the coldest times humanity has ever known, Homo sapiens steps into the last habitable continents on the planet: the Americas.
5. A Great Gamble
Air Date: 2025-08-11
Around 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift - abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.
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Rating
4.9/10
Release Date
2025-07-14
Episodes
5 (1 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
BBC Studios Science Unit
NOVA