| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast as episodes of the public television series Nova in 2009. |
| Contents |
First steps / produced by Jennifer Beman White ; written and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.) -- Birth of humanity / written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.) -- Last human standing / written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.). |
| Credits |
Camera, Reuben Aaronson, Michael Anderson, Stan Barua, Chris Cox, Gary Grieg, Oliver Gurr, Tony Miller, Richard Slater Jones, Gordy Waterman ; ; animation/special effects, People's Republic of Animation, Pixeldust Studios ; editors, Jennifer Beman White, Barbara Burst, Paige Smith Lee ; original score, Joe Delia. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Lance Lewman. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
Hominidae. |
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Climate Change. |
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Cultural Evolution. |
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Evolution. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Subject |
Human evolution.
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Homo erectus -- Evolution.
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Primates -- Evolution.
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Fossil hominids.
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Neanderthals.
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Prehistoric peoples.
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Social evolution.
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| Added Author |
Townsley, Graham.
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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Shining Red Productions.
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| Note |
Subtitle on container: Unearthing our earliest ancestors |
| Added Title |
Nova (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781608831258 |
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1608831256 |
| Music No. |
NOVA6192 PBS |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101518111 |
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