Bibliograph

Becoming human, produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation

Type

Label

Becoming human, produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Becoming human

Oclc number

493555109

Responsibility statement

produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation

Runtime

180

Series statement

Nova series

Summary

"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's ... investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and ... computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today ... In the first episode ... encounter ... "Selam, " the amazingly complete remains of a 3 million year-old child, packed with clues to why we split from the apes, came down from the trees, and started walking upright ... [T]he second episode investigates the riddle of "Turkana Boy"--A tantalizing fossil of Homo erectus, the first ancestor to leave Africa and colonize the globe ... [T]he final episode ... explores the origins of "us" -- where modern humans and our capacities for art, invention, and survival came from, and what happened when we encountered the mysterious Neanderthals"--Container

Table Of Contents

First steps / produced by Jennifer Beman White ; written and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.) -- Birth of humanity / written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.) -- Last human standing / written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.)

Technique

animation and live action

resource.variantTitle

Unearthing our earliest ancestors

Contributor