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The Resource Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, Shining Red Productions for NOVA ; series producer, Graham Townsley

Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, Shining Red Productions for NOVA ; series producer, Graham Townsley

Label
Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors
Title
Becoming human
Title remainder
unearthing our earliest ancestors
Statement of responsibility
Shining Red Productions for NOVA ; series producer, Graham Townsley
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"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
Member of
Cataloging source
YDXCP
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Nova (Television program)
Credits note
Editors, Jennifer Beman White, Barbara Burst, Paige Smith Lee ; original score, Joe Delia ; animation/special effects, People's Republic of Animation, Pixeldust Studios ; camera, Reuben Aaronson, Michael Anderson, Stan Barua, Chris Cox, Gary Grieg, Oliver Gurr, Tony Miller, Richard Slater Jones, Gordy Waterman
PerformerNote
Narrator, Lance Lewman
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Townsley, Graham
  • White, Jennifer
  • Shining Red Productions
  • PBS Distribution (Firm)
Runtime
180
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  • Human evolution
  • Homo erectus
  • Primates
  • Fossil hominids
  • Neanderthals
  • Paleoanthropology
  • Social evolution
Technique
unknown
Label
Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, Shining Red Productions for NOVA ; series producer, Graham Townsley
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Closed-captioned
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • (ca. 53 min.)
  • First steps
  • produced by Jennifer Beman White ; written and directed by Graham Townsley
  • (ca. 53 min.)
  • Birth of humanity
  • written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley
  • (ca. 53 min.)
  • Last human standing
  • written, produced and directed by Grham Townsley
Control code
493555109
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.)
Isbn
9781608831012
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
  • Colby: Public Performance Rights purchased
Other control number
841887011044
Other physical details
sound, color
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; Region 1; NTSC; widescreen; stereo
Terms governing use
Colby: Public Performance Rights purchased
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Becoming human : unearthing our earliest ancestors, Shining Red Productions for NOVA ; series producer, Graham Townsley
Publication
Copyright
Note
Closed-captioned
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • (ca. 53 min.)
  • First steps
  • produced by Jennifer Beman White ; written and directed by Graham Townsley
  • (ca. 53 min.)
  • Birth of humanity
  • written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley
  • (ca. 53 min.)
  • Last human standing
  • written, produced and directed by Grham Townsley
Control code
493555109
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.)
Isbn
9781608831012
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
  • Colby: Public Performance Rights purchased
Other control number
841887011044
Other physical details
sound, color
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; Region 1; NTSC; widescreen; stereo
Terms governing use
Colby: Public Performance Rights purchased
Video recording format
DVD

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