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
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"Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity" is the best rated episode written by Graham Townsley. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed 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".