Curated Video
Anthropologists find skull believed to be 1.8 million years old
1. Wide shot Georgian mountains
2. Wide shot mountains with a river
3. Wide shot pan excavation site in Dmanisi, 85 km southeast of Tbilisi
4. Mid shot anthropologists removing an ancient skull
5. Closeup shot a man using a drill
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Curated Video
Answer to ancient mystery shows man's ancestors hunted by birds
1. Wide exterior of Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand Medical School
2. Close-up of sign reading "Faculty of Health Science, Medical School"
3. Pan from Taung skull posters to people looking at skulls
4. Taung skull
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Curated Video
900,000 year old hominid skull fragment found
1. Exterior shot of National Museum of Kenya 2. Various shots of fragments of bone being displayed at press conference 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Richard Potts, Smithsonian Institute: "What we found was fragmentary, or a partial...
Curated Video
Feminists protest ahead of Strauss-Kahn interview
1. Low angle shot of tower of French Broadcaster TF1
2. Wide of feminist protest in front of TF1 building
3. Mid of protesters holding banner reading (French) "DSK = Denial of Justice. When a woman says no, it means no", pan to other...
Curated Video
FRANCE: REMAINS OF YOUNGEST FOSSILISED BABIES SHOWN AT MUSEUM
English/Nat
A team of archaeologists in Paris on Tuesday showed off the remains of the youngest fossilised babies ever found.
The team, which discovered the bones after unearthing a site outside Pretoria, South Africa, consists of...
Curated Video
ISRAEL: ARCHAEOLOGISTS MAN'S ANCESTORS DISCOVERY
English/Nat
An Israeli archaeologist has found what he said could be evidence that man's ancestors first left Africa 2 (m) million years ago.
That's about 200,000 years earlier that commonly accepted by scientists.
At a site in Northern...
Curated Video
More digging at site where new human species found
Archaeologists who discovered fossil bones and teeth of a previously unknown human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines said on Thursday they plan more diggings and called for better protection of...
Curated Video
Finds reveal that prehistoric people recycled tools
It has emerged that one of the obsessions of the modern age, recycling, may not in fact be anything new.
There is mounting evidence that hundreds of thousands of years ago our prehistoric ancestors learned to recycle the objects they...
Curated Video
SOUTH AFRICA: EVOLUTION: BONES USED TO DIG OUT TERMITES
English/Nat
In a finding that could challenge theories about why humans evolved, researchers have found that early South African human ancestors used bone tools to dig out termites for food.
Previously, scientists thought that the tiny,...
Curated Video
Exploring 6 million years of human evolution
AP Television
Washington, DC, 17 March 2010
1. Pan skulls on display
2. Wide shot skulls on display
3. Zoom out of woman looking at skeleton
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rick Potts, Exhibit Curator:
"In the past few decades, what we''ve...
Be Smart
Where Did Humans Come From?
Part of a biology playlist, the video discusses human ancestry and represents the first in a smaller four-part series exploring humans. It describes the fossils found, where the fit on the family tree, and why there are so many missing...
PBS
When We Met Other Human Species
It seems the human species may have learned from its mistakes—when it comes to evolution, anyway. Examine the characteristics of ancient hominins in an installment of the PBS Eon series. The video instructor discusses fossil records to...
Be Smart
The Impossible Hugeness of Deep Time
Can we really grasp how old we are? Part of a larger series, the humorous video demonstration shows how humans fit into the history of Earth and just how long ago life formed. Viewers explore a timeline that identifies major markers in...
PBS
When We First Walked
Out of all mammals, only humans walk on two feet. Discuss the current scientific understanding of when this specific adaptation began. A video shares facts about many different species and theories about why the shift occurred. New...
Be Smart
Why Do We Itch?
Our skin is the first line of defense against insects, parasites, and other irritants. How do we defend it? Step inside the science of scratching with a video from an informative playlist. Topics include how itching evolved, what happens...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Great Transitions: The Origin of Humans
What makes you human? Bipedality, tool use, and large brains, of course! Scholars learn about the early evolution of humans by watching a video. Scientists explain the challenges in studying early humans and the information gleaned from...
Crash Course
Human Evolution: Crash Course Big History #6
Humans did not evolve from monkeys or chimpanzees—so what does our evolution look like? A video explains the evolution of humans from a common ancestor to homo sapiens. It describes the many branches on our family tree as well as the...
FuseSchool
The Evolution of Humans
We've come a long way! Biology scholars travel back to the big bang, then follow the path of the simple organisms that led to modern Homo sapiens through an engaging Fuse School Evolution video. Content includes key events in our...
SciShow
Facts about Human Evolution
In 2004, scientists found skeletons of a hobbit-like creature in Asia. This discovery is just one more part of the large human evolution puzzle. Scientists continue to build the puzzle with missing pieces and confusing information. This...
TED-Ed
How Do Scars Form?
Most of us have suffered an injury we'd prefer to forget, but lingering scars just won't let us. Watch this video to find out exactly what happens during the healing process that cuases these changes to skin and organ tissue.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Becoming Human Part 2: Birth of Humanity
Part 2 of a 3 part report on becoming human, the program examines theories that early humans developed crucial survival tactics and hunting strategies that allowed us to thrive.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Humanity on Earth: Development of Agriculture and Writing
Looks at the transition of humans from the Paleolithic Age, when humans used stone tools, up to the development of agriculture in the Neolithic Age, which made settlements possible. The next critical development was the advent of...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Ancient, Tiny Humans Shed Light on Evolution
NPR audio content and article about the fascinating find in a cave in Indonesia -- fully formed bones of an adult who stood barely 3 feet tall and was alive during the time of Homo Sapiens.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Prehistory 101: Prologue
Award-winning video introduces human prehistory starting over 200,000 years ago. Who were our first human ancestors? Where did they live? [4:40]