The Resource Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley ; written and directed by Graham Townsley, (videorecording)
Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley ; written and directed by Graham Townsley, (videorecording)
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Widescreen
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (ca. 159 min.)
- Note
- Originally broadcast as episodes of the public television series Nova in 2009
- Contents
-
- First steps
- (ca. 53 min.)
- Birth of humanity
- (ca. 53 min.)
- Last human standing
- (ca. 53 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781608831012
- Label
- Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors
- Title
- Becoming human
- Title remainder
- unearthing our earliest ancestors
- Statement of responsibility
- produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley ; written and directed by Graham Townsley
- Title variation
-
- Unearthing our earliest ancestors
- Becoming human
- Title variation remainder
- uneathing our earliest ancestors
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- MTG
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Nova (Television program)
- Credits note
- Series producer, Graham Townsley ; 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
- Language note
- Closed-captioned ; optional audio description for the visually impaired
- LC call number
- GN282
- LC item number
- .B436 2009
- PerformerNote
- Narrator: Lance Lewman
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Townsley, Graham
- White, Jennifer
- Lewman, Lance
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- PBS Distribution (Firm)
- WGBH (Firm)
- Shining Red Productions
- Runtime
- 159
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Human evolution
- Homo erectus
- Primates
- Fossil hominids
- Neanderthals
- Paleoanthropology
- Social evolution
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley ; written and directed by Graham Townsley, (videorecording)
- Note
- Originally broadcast as episodes of the public television series Nova in 2009
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Contents
-
- First steps
- (ca. 53 min.)
- Birth of humanity
- (ca. 53 min.)
- Last human standing
- (ca. 53 min.)
- Control code
- 493555109
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (ca. 159 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781608831012
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 841887011044
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
- NOVA6192
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)493555109
- System details
- DVD; Region 1; NTSC; stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley ; written and directed by Graham Townsley, (videorecording)
- Note
- Originally broadcast as episodes of the public television series Nova in 2009
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Contents
-
- First steps
- (ca. 53 min.)
- Birth of humanity
- (ca. 53 min.)
- Last human standing
- (ca. 53 min.)
- Control code
- 493555109
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (ca. 159 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781608831012
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 841887011044
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
- NOVA6192
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)493555109
- System details
- DVD; Region 1; NTSC; stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
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