Walking with Cavemen

Walking with Cavemen

The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.

Genre: DocumentaryHistory

Cast:Robert WinstonAlec BaldwinAlex PalmerDavid RubinOliver ParhamChristian BradleyFlorence SparhamMarva AlexanderRachel EssexFaroque KhanBadria TimimiSuzanne CaveAnthony TaylorRuth DawesPeter ElliottCaroline Noh


1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ First Ancestors

Thu, Mar 27, 2003

As Africa transitions from forest to Savannah the world's first bipedal ape, australopithecus, evolved and flourished in the new environment.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Blood Brothers

Thu, Apr 3, 2003

At this stage several kinds of ape men populated Africa, each with its own unique adaptations. These species were doomed as the African continent grew increasingly arid, but a new human species well adapted to a hot dry climate emerged.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Savage Family

Thu, Apr 10, 2003

Homo agasta display the beginnings of families, tool making, team work and vocal communications. Some migrate out of Africa resulting in the evolution of additional human species in different parts of the world.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Survivors

Wed, Apr 23, 2003

Robert Winston follows the final evolutionary push of mankind's ancestors, and discovers the key that makes us human.