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ANTHROPOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES: where science meets history! What is more exciting than a good anthropology documentary about ancient Egypt, the dinosaurs and buried cities? By watching anthropology documentaries we learn about ourselves, about the Earth, and about where we are headed as a species. Anthropology is the science of buried treasure. Watch anthropology documentaries from this list. Enjoy!

• Welcome to Lagos

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  If you want to get a glimpse of a society that’s completely different than anything that 99% of people living in Western Society has ever experienced, watch this three part observational documentary right now. This documentary, titled ‘Welcome to Lagos’ is a series which takes an in depth look at life in one [...]

• Christopher Hitchens debates Peter Hitchens: Hitchens vs. Hitchens

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  This is it! Hitchens vs. Hitchens. Most are aware of Christopher Hitchens, who is an extremely influential atheist. What many might not know is that his younger brother is almost as well known and respected for being PRO Christian. Cane and Abel couldn’t have written this debate any better. This debate should be perfect [...]

  
  

• Collision: Is Christianity Good for the World?

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  Recently,we have been having some passionate, intelligent debate about religion and I would love to encourage this healthy debate.
  COLLISION carves a new path in documentary film-making as it pits leading atheist, political journalist and bestselling author Christopher Hitchens against fellow author, satirist and evangelical theologian Douglas Wilson, as they go on the road to exchange [...]

• The Four-Winged Dinosaur

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  Long ago in the age of dinosaurs, a volcano in eastern China erupted and buried a host of strange creatures in ash, creating exquisite fossils that preserved a big surprise–many dinosaurs were covered in feathers. In The Four-Winged Dinosaur, NOVA investigates the most bizarre of these feathered dinosaurs, which has rekindled a fierce, decades-long debate [...]

• Wonders of the Solar System Episode 2 – Order out of Chaos

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  This one is for Roman and Frog on a Log ;) BBC series continues its incredible ‘Wonders of the Solar System” series.

• The Mysterious Origins of Man

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  Documentary-Log.com member wrote me: “After seeing so many Richard Dawkins documentaries, which make evolution seem like a closed case, I think we need a new perspective.” I was intrigued! Being a huge Dawkins fan myself, I’m resistant to this sort of counter-argument against evolution. However, it’s important to hear different perspectives, so check [...]

• Inside Mecca

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  With unique access to Islam’s holiest city, National Geographic’s Inside Mecca follows three Muslims from very different backgrounds as they embark on an epic five-day reaffirmation of faith and quest for salvation Inside Mecca captures the look and feel, spiritual uplift, claustrophobia, grandeur and grit of the largest annual gathering [...]

• Weird or What?

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  This series of documentaries is all about the things that happen in our life which seems to be either weird or mysterious. Sometimes they make us think that these mysteries are beyond the comprehension of science and poses no certain reason or rational. Watch this if you believe in science and its power to rationalize [...]

• Did Cooking Make Us Human?

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  In Did Cooking Make Us Human? some determined scientists set out to discover the extent to which diet played a role in the evolution of the human brain. The Australopithecines didn’t eat animals, but the scientists think that they have changed their taste. In search of proof Professor Travis Pickering goes [...]

• TRIBAL DISPLACEMENT

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  This film is a call for tribal solidarity. It reveals the approaching trauma of the tribals who will be displaced under the Polavaram Dam Project on river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is estimated to submerge four hundred villages and four thousand hectres of forest in Dandakaranya. Large-scale projects often created islands of [...]