Are there any good documentaries about Prehistoric Humans?

Yes, here are a few that I know of: Firstly, I would strongly recommend the BBC's Walking with Cavemen. You can watch all four episodes down here: BBC Walking With Cavemen 1of4 - Video Dailymotion BBC Walking With Cavemen 2of4 - Video Dailymotion ... read more

There's also the BBC's 5-part documentary The Incredible Human Journey, where Dr. Alice Roberts goes around the world trying to piece together evidence of how our ancestors populated the globe, and what they would have faced. read more

Presented by Michael Wood , an English historian, the documentary explores six great civilizations of the ancient world namely Iraq, China , India , Egypt , Central America and The Barbarian West (Europe) in a vast detail.Michael wood's search for the continuing legacies of past civilizations helps explain how different cultures developed over time, shows how the past greatly influences our future, and cultivate a respect for other cultures. read more

Some hyper-hybridationism permeates all the documentaries but the others seem much better: the Asia one is quite good, the Africa one is not bad either (although could be much better if they paid more attention to archaeology, also Africa deserves 50% of the documentary space probably), the Australia one is OK but it simply ignores Papua and Wallacea altogether, what is a bit perplexing to say the least. read more