Ella Al-Shamahi
Self - Presenter
Human (2025)
Series 1
Stranger and more dramatic than we ever imagined - these are our untold origins. With stunning visuals and cutting-edge science, Ella Al-Shamahi reveals the story of our species.
Released July 14, 2025
Episode 54 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.anthropology, tmdb.history, tmdb.human-history, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.human-evolution, tmdb.science, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series
Watch Providers: PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
Production Companies: BBC Studios Science Unit, NOVA
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
2.4
S1E1 - The First of Us
The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years are revolutionising the understanding of humanity's origin story.
July 14, 2025, midnight
2.4
S1E2 - Into the Unknown
Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, heading into areas inhabited by other human species.
July 21, 2025, midnight
4.5
S1E3 - Last Humans Standing
Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it become the last human species on Earth.
July 28, 2025, midnight
4.5
S1E4 - Discovering the Americas
During the height of the Ice Age, one of the coldest times humanity has ever known, Homo sapiens steps into the last habitable continents on the planet: the Americas.
Aug. 4, 2025, midnight
S1E5 - A Great Gamble
Around 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift - abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.
Aug. 11, 2025, midnight
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BBC Two
54 min/ep
270 min
July 14, 2025
Aug. 11, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
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