Becoming human unearthing our earliest ancestors
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[S.l.] : PBS Distribution, c2010.
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen.
ISBN
9781608831012, 1608831019
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 159 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Goleta Valley Library - Audio Visual - DVDs | 599.938 | On Shelf |
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Published
[S.l.] : PBS Distribution, c2010.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
ISBN
9781608831012, 1608831019
UPC
841887011044
Notes
General Note
Originally broadcast as episodes of the public television series Nova in 2009.
Creation/Production Credits
Editors, Jennifer Beman White, Barbara Burst, Paige Smith Lee ; original score, Joe Delia ; animation/special effects, People's Republic of Animation, Pixeldust Studios ; camera, Reuben Aaronson, Michael Anderson, Stan Barua, Chris Cox, Gary Grieg, Oliver Gurr, Tony Miller, Richard Slater Jones, Gordy Waterman.
Participants/Performers
Narrator, Lance Lewman.
Description
"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's...investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and...computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today...In the first episode...encounter..."Selam," the amazingly complete remains of a 3 million year-old child, packed with clues to why we split from the apes, came down from the trees, and started walking upright...[T]he second episode investigates the riddle of "Turkana Boy" -- a tantalizing fossil of Homo erectus, the first ancestor to leave Africa and colonize the globe...[T]he final episode...explores the origins of "us" -- where modern humans and our capacities for art, invention, and survival came from, and what happened when we encountered the mysterious Neanderthals..."--Container.
System Details
DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen ; stereo.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired ; optional audio description for the visually impaired.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Educational films
Fossil hominids.
Homo erectus -- Evolution.
Human evolution.
Neanderthals.
Nonfiction television programs.
Paleoanthropology.
Primates -- Evolution.
Science television programs.
Social evolution.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fossil hominids.
Homo erectus -- Evolution.
Human evolution.
Neanderthals.
Nonfiction television programs.
Paleoanthropology.
Primates -- Evolution.
Science television programs.
Social evolution.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Townsley, G., White, J., & Lewman, L. (2010). Becoming human: unearthing our earliest ancestors (Widescreen.). PBS Distribution.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Townsley, Graham, Jennifer White and Lance. Lewman. 2010. Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors. PBS Distribution.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Townsley, Graham, Jennifer White and Lance. Lewman. Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors PBS Distribution, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Townsley, Graham., Jennifer White, and Lance Lewman. Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors Widescreen., PBS Distribution, 2010.
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