Seasons & episodes

S1 · E1The First of Us 2025-07-14 · 54 min＋

The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years are revolutionising the understanding of humanity's origin story.

S1 · E2Into the Unknown 2025-07-21 · 54 min＋

Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, heading into areas inhabited by other human species.

S1 · E3Last Humans Standing 2025-07-28 · 54 min＋

Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it become the last human species on Earth.

S1 · E4Discovering the Americas 2025-08-04 · 54 min＋

During the height of the Ice Age, one of the coldest times humanity has ever known, Homo sapiens steps into the last habitable continents on the planet: the Americas.

S1 · E5A Great Gamble 2025-08-11 · 54 min＋

Around 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift - abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.