Series 1
(2025)
Overview
Stranger and more dramatic than we ever imagined - these are our untold origins. With stunning visuals and cutting-edge science, Ella Al-Shamahi reveals the story of our species.
Cast
as Self - Presenter
Episodes
The First of Us 2.4
July 14, 2025
The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years ar…
Into the Unknown 2.4
July 21, 2025
Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, heading into area…
Last Humans Standing 4.5
July 28, 2025
Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role …
Discovering the Americas 4.5
August 4, 2025
During the height of the Ice Age, one of the coldest times humanity has ever known, Homo sapiens steps into the last ha…
A Great Gamble 0.0
August 11, 2025
Around 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift - abandoning nomadic life for pe…