observer Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 BBC 2 Sunday 9.30pm - check out our origins and development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 a bunch of ape like beings crowded into a dark cave for protection and vying for a mate, occasionally venturing out in search of food and fighting to protect their territory. oh wait that was warrington town centre at the weekend nothing changes much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 That's very observant of you Sid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Well do not forget they lived by their instincts and what they learned so maybe they were more intelligent than we are today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Perhaps they were more "risk aware"; all the dozy gits being culled by lions etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Tut, tut: found it rather dissapointing, a golden opportunity lost: the presenter seemed to want to hog the prog; the use of kiddies cartoons was pathetic, given they could have created more interest through the use of re-enactment actors to give the viewer a sense of this history. Also questions of accuracy: Alice Norton dismisses the Sinai route out of Africa because the oldest skeletal fossils found are restricted to Israel, and makes the assumption that those migrants died out. There's also the question of migrations of pre-humans such as the Neaderthals, who also originated in Africa. No mention either of the theory that humans fully developed their brains and planning capacity, whilst isolated in extremely dry conditions in southern Africa - apoint covered by the much better prog on evolution by Prof Whinstanley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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