Explorations: Animal Farm: Long Term History: Australia: The development of the human species

Duration: 1 min 36 secs
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Description: Background to the Channel 4 Millennium Series ‘The Day the World Took Off’, shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.

While holding a one-year-old baby in an Australian garden, Alan Macfarlane explains some of the reasons for the success of the human species. Their grasping hands, their vocal chords and their large brains made them a very powerful force on earth.
 
Created: 2018-03-12 08:36
Collection: A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off)
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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