Show cover for Walking with Cavemen

The Best Episodes of Walking with Cavemen

Every episode of Walking with Cavemen ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Walking with Cavemen!

Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-million-year journey to civilisation.

Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC One

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Walking with Cavemen" is "Savage Family", rated 7.8/10 from 74 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Savage Family" aired on 4/10/2003 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Survivors".

  • Savage Family
    7.8/10 74 votes

    #1 - Savage Family

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/10/2003

    An extraordinary new breed of ape-man called homo ergaster has taken over Africa. They are expert tool-makers, food-finders and travellers, but where they differ most from their predecessors is in their communal lifestyle. The third instalment of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry travels back one-and-half million years to explore this innovative creature.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Survivors
    7.7/10 71 votes

    #2 - The Survivors

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2003

    A focus on a group of Homo heidelbergensis, advanced tool users who lived in family units but who were incapable of imagination, and their descendents the Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, who came to conquer the world.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blood Brothers
    7.5/10 73 votes

    #3 - Blood Brothers

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/3/2003

    Two species of ape-man feature in the second of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry: the gentle, root-munching Paranthropus boisei and the enterprising scavenger Homo habilis. Who had the best strategy for survival in their prehistoric world?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • First Ancestors
    7.4/10 77 votes

    #4 - First Ancestors

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/27/2003

    Journeying millions of years into the past, Winston goes on the trail of Australopithecus afarensis, an ape who took the first step towards modern man.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A