origin

Discusses the major fields of scientific questions that relate to the creation/evolution debate.

Readers will learn about hominids, such as the species "Homo erectus" and the genus "Australopithecus", who help fill out the human family tree.

Uses anthropological theories and discoveries to tell the story of when, how, and from where the earliest Americans entered and spread across the continent and discusses their relationship to modern Native Americans.

"... [an] argument that speech--not evolution--is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements"--Amazon.com.

A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a narrated introduction to the history of the creation of the earth, the origin of life, and the evolution of the many species including early man.

Examines the history of cellular evolution, arguing that the evolution of multicellular life--such as fungi, plants, animals, and humans--was contingent on the first successful prokaryotic endosymbiosis, or a bacterium living within another bacterium.

The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000 years ago bands of hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in favor of growing crops, and the creation of settled, sedentary communities. This shift into an agricultural lifestyle triggered the evolution of complex political and economic structures, and technological developments, and ultimately underpinned the rise of all the great civilizations of recent human history. Reviews and synthesises the information on the origins and domestication.

Atoms are the basis of every living and non-living thing on Earth, but where and how did life begin - and how do we know?.

Explains how this research can increase our understanding of other planets, expand our knowledge of the universe, and discover untapped resources.

Uses paleoanthropology, interviews, museum exhibitions and science fiction to explore seven ancestral fossils from four continents and how they have become famous amongst the hundreds of fossils discovered.