neanderthals

"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's...investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and...computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today...In the first episode...encounter..."Selam," the amazingly complete remains of a 3 million year-old child, packed with clues to why we split from the apes, came down from the trees, and started walking upright...[T]he second episode investigates the riddle of "Turkana Boy" -- a tantalizing fossil of Homo erectus, the first ancestor to leave Africa and colonize the globe...[T]he final episode...explores the origins of "us" -- where modern humans and our capacities for art, invention, and survival came from, and what happened when we encountered the mysterious Neanderthals..." -- Container.

Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a bleak and inhospitable continent in the grip of the Ice Age. But when they arrived, they were not alone: the stocky, powerfully built Neanderthals had already been living there for hundreds of thousands of years. So what happened when the first modern humans encountered the Neanderthals? Did they make love or war?.

Angry that everyone bungles her name, Neanderthal Wakawakaloch speaks with her parents and Elder Mooch, who remind her that she was named for a brave, heroic ancestor.

"After the humans leave their cave, Lucy and Andy decide to start an explorer's club with their new friends"--OCLC.

Zack, trapped overnight in a museum of natural history, learns to his dismay that the Neanderthals and other exhibits come to life.

Discusses new discoveries and innovations about Neanderthals and provides an assessment of the species.

"After the humans leave their cave, Lucy and Andy decide to start an explorer's club with their new friends"--OCLC.

"Lucy and her goofball brother Andy, two Neanderthal siblings living 40,000 years ago, take on a wandering baby sibling, bossy teens, cave paintings, and a mammoth hunt. But what will happen when they encounter a group of humans? Includes a special paleontologist section that helps to dispel common Neanderthal myths"--Provided by publisher.

"Neanderthal siblings Lucy and Andy are back to their paleo pranks. This time, they have to put up with more than just each other--the cave is feeling awfully cramped since the humans moved in. They're in the Ice Age, and legroom comes at a real premium!"--Provided by publisher.

Lucy and Andy have some extra space in the cave now that the humans have moved out. But they do miss hanging out with Sasha and Tommy. Luckily, their new friends live right around the ice block, close enough to form the first ever Neanderthal explorer's club! These adventurers are on the hunt. Their first discovery: dinosaur bones!.