NOVA · SEASON 21
In Search of Human Origins, Part One
Episode 6 · 1994-02-28
- Documentary
Episode overview
In the first of a three-part series, noted anthropologist Donald Johanson probes the earliest ancestors of the human species - reaching back more than three million years to a strange ape who walked upright. Johanson takes viewers to the site in Ethiopia where he discovered the fossil remains of this missing link nicknamed "Lucy."
55 minutes
Season 21 episodes
1. Codebreakers1994-01-18
2. Dinosaurs of the Gobi1994-01-25
3. Daredevils of the Sky1994-02-01
4. Journey to Kilimanjaro1994-02-08
5. Can Chimps Talk?1994-02-15
6. In Search of Human Origins, Part One1994-02-28
7. In Search of Human Origins, Part Two1994-03-01
8. In Search of Human Origins, Part Three1994-03-02
9. Can China Kick the Habit?1994-04-12
10. Aircraft Carrier!1994-04-19
11. The Great Wildlife Heist1994-10-11
12. Secret of the Wild Child1994-10-18
13. Haunted Cry of a Long Gone Bird1994-10-25
14. What's New About Menopause1994-11-01
15. The Tribe that Time Forgot1994-11-08
16. Killer Quake!1994-11-15
17. Buried in Ash1994-11-29
18. Rescue Mission in Space1994-12-06
19. Journey to the Sacred Sea1994-12-20
20. In Search of the First Language1994-12-27
