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Walking With Cavemen

starring: Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley, Alex Palmer, Oliver Parham, David Rubin

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0794051173928
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 17, 2003
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 14956
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2003



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Amazon.com:
Breaking the mold of previous 'Walking with' offerings, the BBC's Walking with Cavemen sees Professor Robert Winston follow in the footsteps of ancient man in a series that traces the history of humanity from bipedal ape-men (Australopithecus Aphaeresis) to the awakening of the human mind's potential with Homo Erectus. Over four fascinating half-hour installments, Wilson presents an accessible and populist, but still suitably anthropological study on how apes became human and the traits that we inherited from our earliest ancestors.

Unlike Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Beasts, Cavemen combines CGI with actors to portray the characters in the story of man. Initially this seems to make it far less technically impressive than the earlier programs--memories of Stanley Kubrick's 2001 are inevitable--but fortunately the acting is superb and the viewer soon forgets that these are people in monkey suits. The series also makes use of a special effect called 'deep time-lapse', which shows in a matter of dramatic seconds the thousands of years of geological changes that sped up our ancestors' evolution. Wilson himself takes part in the action as if he is a modern-day naturalist following lions across the Serengeti rather than creatures long extinct. This approach makes for a more immediate as well as poignant interpretation of history: the result is an enlightening and moving tribute to the human journey. --Kristen Bowditch



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I loved this video
If you only have the cash to buy one video of the history of Human evolution, this is the one. Very ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Very well produced...
I purchased this for a college Historical Geology class a few years ago. Very, very well-produced and ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Finest and most honest depiction of our evolution.
I have never viewed a more compelling and scientifically supported view of life prior to recorded history. ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - The Neanderthal of this Excellent Series
We got this while still buzzed from Walking With the Dinosaurs. The buzz ended quickly. The actors playing ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Origins of Man
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