Early Humans

We will be focusing on animals that had become extinct just before modern humans reached their location, including creatures that existed long before hominids even began to evolve.

Today we will be taking a look at some of our closest cousins, the Denisovans and narrowing down the individuals that have been uncovered from caves across the world.

Today we will explore the life and evolution of Homo heidelbergensis, examining what makes it so similar to our own species.

How did the earliest members of the modern human species get here? In this episode, we will be exploring this question and more in great detail.

Today, we will be looking at the facts surrounding Homo naledi, from its initial evolution, right through to its eventual discovery by modern humans just ten years ago.

There exist over three hundred distinct species of primate in the modern day, all of which are monuments to the success of this order of mammals' epic story.