9.0/102 votes#1 - Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity
Season 37 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2009
In gripping forensic detail, the second program in “Becoming Human” investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us — “Turkana Boy” — an astonishingly complete specimen of Homo erectus found by the famous Leakey team in Kenya.
Director: Graham Townsley
Writer: Graham Townsley
8.7/103 votes#2 - Becoming Human: First Steps
Season 37 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2009
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.
Director: Graham Townsley
Writer: Graham Townsley
8.0/103 votes#3 - Becoming Human: Last Human Standing
Season 37 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2009
The final program examines the roots of our own species, Homo sapiens, which new evidence pinpoints to southern Africa some 200,000 years ago. New discoveries are upending old ideas and suggesting that our exodus from Africa was far earlier than previously thought.
Director: Graham Townsley
Writer: Graham Townsley
6.3/103 votes#4 - Dawn of Humanity
Season 43 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/2015
Deep in a South African cave, an astounding discovery reveals clues to what made us human.
Director: Graham Townsley
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#5 - Quest for Solomon's Mines
Season 38 Episode 6 - Aired 11/23/2010
Countless treasure-seekers have set off in search of King Solomon's mines, trekking through burning deserts and scaling the forbidding mountains of Africa and the Levant, inspired by the Bible's account of splendid temples and palaces adorned in glittering gold and copper. Yet to date, the evidence that has claimed to support the existence of Solomon and other early kings in the Bible has been highly controversial. In fact, so little physical evidence of the kings who ruled Israel and Edom has been found that many contend that they are no more real than King Arthur. In the summer of 2010, NOVA and National Geographic embarked on two cutting-edge field investigations that illuminate the legend of Solomon and reveal the source of the great wealth that powered the first mighty biblical kingdoms. These groundbreaking expeditions expose important new clues buried in the pockmarked desert of Jordan, including ancient remnants of an industrial-scale copper mine and a 3,000-year-old message with the words "slave," "king," and "judge."
Director: Graham Townsley
Writer: N/A
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"Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity" is the best rated episode directed by Graham Townsley. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Graham Townsley. It aired on 11/10/2009 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Becoming Human: First Steps".