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The Resource Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, PBS ; Produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; Series producer, Graham Townsley ; Written and directed by Graham Townsley ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley

Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, PBS ; Produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; Series producer, Graham Townsley ; Written and directed by Graham Townsley ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley

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"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
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 159 minutes)
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
9781608831258
Instance
Label
Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors
Title
Becoming human
Title remainder
unearthing our earliest ancestors
Statement of responsibility
PBS ; Produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; Series producer, Graham Townsley ; Written and directed by Graham Townsley ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley
Title variation
Unearthing our earliest ancestors
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Author
Director
Narrator
Producer
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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
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videorecording
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Nova (Television program)
Credits note
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
Dewey number
599.93/8
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Closed-captioned; optional audio description for the visually impaired
PerformerNote
Narrator, Lance Lewman
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Townsley, Graham
  • White, Jennifer,
  • Lewman, Lance
  • WGBH Educational Foundation
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
  • PBS Distribution (Firm)
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  • Shining Red Productions
Runtime
159
Series statement
Nova
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  • Human evolution
  • Homo erectus
  • Primates
  • Fossil hominids
  • Neanderthals
  • Paleoanthropology
  • Social evolution
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, PBS ; Produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; Series producer, Graham Townsley ; Written and directed by Graham Townsley ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley
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Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally broadcast as episodes of the public television series Nova in 2009
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
First steps (ca. 53 min.) -- Birth of humanity (ca. 53 min.) -- Last human standing (ca. 53 min.)
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 159 minutes)
Isbn
9781608831258
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Originally broadcast as episodes of the public television series Nova in 2009.
Other control number
841887011044
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • NOVA6192
  • NOVA7192
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)612336643
  • (OCoLC)ocn493555109
System details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen ; stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, PBS ; Produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; Series producer, Graham Townsley ; Written and directed by Graham Townsley ; produced by Jennifer Beman White, Graham Townsley
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally broadcast as episodes of the public television series Nova in 2009
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
First steps (ca. 53 min.) -- Birth of humanity (ca. 53 min.) -- Last human standing (ca. 53 min.)
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 159 minutes)
Isbn
9781608831258
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Originally broadcast as episodes of the public television series Nova in 2009.
Other control number
841887011044
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • NOVA6192
  • NOVA7192
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)612336643
  • (OCoLC)ocn493555109
System details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen ; stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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