42,000 Years ago, the only humans in Europe made clothes, educated their young, made tools. But they weren't the same as us. Now the very latest technology can reveal exactly how they lived, the dangers they faced and the communities they made in the Neander valley in Germany. We all know the word "Neanderthal" to be an...

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35,000 Years ago in Europe, tribes of hunter gatherers invented a fascinating artform. An art populated with animals, emerging from the depth of the earth. Some 18,000 years later in the heart of Périgueux region in france they created their most fabulous masterpiece: Lascaux.Prehistorians have offered all sorts...

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For two years a team of top scientists have been secretly studying a unique fossil. They believe it could be one of our earliest primate ancestors. Have they found our oldest complete primate ancestor? Their research has stunned the world. 47 Million years ago the dinosaurs were already long extinct. It's the time when...

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The Ascent of Man is a remarkable documentary series, consisting of thirteen fifty-minute episodes, and is one of television's highest achievements. Jacob Bronowski takes the viewer literally around the world, to discuss Mankind's greatest accomplishments and lowest depths. One outstanding quality of this extraordinary...

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The story of Bronislaw Malinowski is one of the greatest tales in anthropology. Almost a 100 years ago his short visit to some remote islands in Papua New Guinea, turned into a four-year odyssee. Here Malinowski started a revolution in anthropology. He left behind the colonial settlements, to live with the natives. His...

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