Series 1
Series Summary
In this unique series, anthropologist and author Richard Rudgley challenges the image of early man as an unintelligent, club-wielding 'Fred Flintstone'.
According to the history books, civilisation began with the Egyptians 5000 years ago, but the series presents evidence of medicine, architecture, art - and the roots of writing - long before conventional history says they existed.
Rudgley travels through two million years of pre-history to paint a startling portrait of our ancient ancestors who, he claims, had the potential brainpower of Einstein and bodies just as advanced as those of today.
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Episodes (3)
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Richard travels from New York to the Pyramids and beyond in search of evidence of writing, medicine and architecture from the Neolithic or…
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Richard Rudgley continues his journey back in time and discovers that woolly mammoths and cave paintings aren't the only relics of the Ice…
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In this final programme of the series, Richard Rudgley meets Neanderthal Man - our supposedly stupid cousin who became extinct 30,000 years…
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