Before We Ruled the Earth
Season 1
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Features early human history and the challenges human beings faced thousands of years ago. It also features animals examples such as: Woolly mammoth, Megantereon, American buffalo, Cave bear, Irish elk.
Where to Watch Before We Ruled the Earth • Season 1
2 Episodes
- Hunt or be Hunted
E1Hunt or be Hunted1,700,000 years ago in Africa, Homo ergaster, an ancient predecessor of modern humans, had to scavenge to survive. They lived in the elements among the monsters of the day, like the saber-toothed cat. Over time, early humans evolved and developed simple tools, began to communicate, and learned to control their most important tool: fire. But the monsters were still there. 300,000 years ago, Homo erectus learned to hunt the giant Irish elk, using fire to drive these great beasts through a narrow gorge and over a cliff. While hunting skills improved, proximity remained a necessity to kill a huge beast. 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals were at the top of their form, hunting beasts like the Giant Steppe Bison. The Neanderthals were usurped by an entirely new race of humans, the Cro-Magnons. They adapted and survived when the Neanderthals could not. They would become the undisputed masters of our planet. They would become the humans we are today. - Mastering the Beasts
E2Mastering the BeastsAfter an disastrous encounter with a giant bear, members of a troglodyte clan in southern France hunt another dangerous beast. During a period of rapid climate change a group of cro-magnon women survive by wit and grit on the tundra after their men are killed on a hunt. A paleo-indian boy on the North American plains finds an alternative way to prove himself an adult after the disgrace of disrupting a bison hunt.
