Govert To The Origin of Man

Our distant ancestors (1x1)

Air date: Aug 27, 2021

A global climate catastrophe sets in motion an evolutionary process 55 million years ago that produces the first primates - our distant ancestors. Govert walks through the hominid lineages in Africa that evolved here over five million years. Tree-swinging great apes turn into upright walking ape-men. New secrets about our African history are revealed every day. Govert is there when paleontologist Lee Berger discovers a possible new hominid species in South Africa. Our history takes place entirely in Africa, until our own Homo lineage arises, which is the first to move into the wide world.