NOVA · SEASON 37
Becoming Human: First Steps
Episode 4 · 2009-11-03
- Documentary
Episode overview
The first hour examines the factors that caused the split from the apes. The film explores the fossil of “Selam,” also known as “Lucy’s Child” — an amazing, nearly complete child fossil that helps shed light on our ancestors’ early development and how we began to depart from that of chimps.
55 minutes
Season 37 episodes
1. Darwin's Darkest Hour2009-10-06
2. Hubble's Amazing Rescue2009-10-13
3. Lizard Kings2009-10-20
4. Becoming Human: First Steps2009-11-03
5. Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity2009-11-10
6. Becoming Human: Last Human Standing2009-11-17
7. What Are Dreams?2009-11-24
8. What Darwin Never Knew2009-12-29
9. Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor2010-01-05
10. Building Pharaoh's Ship2010-01-12
11. Riddles of the Sphinx2010-01-19
12. Ghosts of Machu Picchu2010-02-02
13. Extreme Cave Diving2010-02-09
14. The Pluto Files2010-03-02
15. Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way2010-04-06
16. Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever Expanding Universe2010-04-13
17. Mind Over Money2010-04-27
18. Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead2010-05-04
