Είκοσι χιλιάδες χρόνια πριν. Η εποχή των Παγετώνων έχει αρχίσει. Η Γη είναι ένας θαυμαστός κόσμος γεμάτος κινδύνους. Προκειμένου να αποφύγουν το κρύο, τα μεγαλοπρεπή πλάσματα του πλανήτη - και μερικά μικρά και νωθρά - μεταναστεύουν προς το νότο. Μοναδικές εξαιρέσεις είναι ένα μαλλιαρό μαμούθ που απαντά στο όνομα Μάνι και του αρέσει να κάνει πράγματα με τον δικό του τρόπο και ένας γιγάντιος βραδύποδας που τον λένε Σιντ, ο οποίος απολαμβάνει να μην κάνει τίποτα, με τον δικό του τρόπο.

Τρεις αστροναύτες ξυπνούν από κρυογονική στάση όταν το διαστημόπλοιό τους συντρίβεται σε ένα πλανήτη. Σύντομα θα ανακαλύψουν ότι ο πλανήτης κατοικείται από εξελιγμένους νοήμονες πιθήκους και ανθρώπους που δεν έχουν αναπτύξει την ομιλία.

Δύο δισεκατομμύρια χρόνια από σήμερα, το ανθρώπινο είδος βρίσκεται στο χείλος του αφανισμού και εκπέμπει ένα μήνυμα που ταξιδεύει στον χρόνο, φτάνοντας μέχρι τη δική μας εποχή.

Η Λίλα, απογοητευμένη από το πυκνό τρίχωμα που την καλύπτει, αποφασίζει να ζήσει μακριά από τους ανθρώπους και γίνεται διάσημη γράφοντας βιβλία για τη φύση. Όταν θα γνωρίσει τον επιστήμονα Robbins θα τον ερωτευθεί, μέχρι που αυτός θα ανακαλύψει, ότι η κοπέλα του ξυρίζεται κρυφά κάθε βράδυ. Η σύντομη ιστορία του με την βοηθό του και κυρίως η ανακάλυψη ενός ανθρώπου που έχει μεγαλώσει σαν πίθηκος σε ένα δάσος θα γίνουν η αφορμή για να αλλάξει η ζωή όλων.

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form.

40, 000 years ago the steppes of Eurasia were home to our closest human relative, the Neanderthals. Recent genetic and archaeological discoveries have proven that they were not the dim-witted cave dwellers we long thought they were. In fact, they were cultured, technologically savvy and more like us than we ever imagined! So why did they disappear? We accompany scientists on an exciting search for an answer to this question and come to a startling conclusion …

Dinosaurs and humans evolve and live together throughout history. However, the annoying and invasive behavior of humans begins to annoy Rex, a peaceful dinosaur.

Can Homo sapiens evolve into Homo spatius? For over 50 years now, we have been testing our human nature in our effort to conquer outer space, and still 30 years away from a possible human exploration of Mars, a question remains: Can our body take such travels? Will it ever adapt? Combining human adventure and the exploration of the human body, this film offers unique insights into the physical and psychological effects of space travel on the Astronauts and measures the impact on medical sciences.

A feature documentary about the journey of mankind to discover our true force and who we truly are. It is a quest through science and consciousness, individual and planetary, exploring our relationships with ourselves, the world around us and the universe as a whole.

In Morocco, new excavations on the site of Jebel Irhoud upset the generally accepted view of the dating of the appearance of man.

A group of young people tries to manipulate reality within the limits of life, but their realities begin to intertwine mysteriously. How many layers does reality have?

Explores the story behind the discovery of an early primate fossil, Darwinius masillae, nicknamed Ida, in a shale quarry in Germany. The fossil is believed to be around 47 million years old, and is extraordinarily well-preserved. Originally unearthed in 1983, Ida lay in the hands of a private collector for 20 years before it was shown to a Norwegian paleontologist, Dr Jørn Hurum. Realising that Ida could turn out to be a significant missing link between modern primates, lemurs and lower mammals, he persuaded the Natural History Museum in Oslo to purchase the fossil and assembled an international team of experts to study it. Their findings were announced in a press conference and the online publication of a scientific paper on 19 May 2009.

NOVA's groundbreaking investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Becoming Human explores the origins of us -where modern humans and our capacities for art, invention, and survival came from, and how our social history led to 3-5% of our genetic heritage being Neanderthal. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot in the trenches as fossils were unearthed, and stunning computer-generated animation, Becoming Human brings early hominids to life, examining how they lived and how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today.

In gripping forensic detail, we meet: Selam, the amazingly complete remains of a 3 million year-old child, packed with clues to why we split from the apes, came down from the trees, and started walking upright; Turkana Boy -a tantalizing fossil of Homo erectus, the first ancestor to leave Africa and colonize the globe. What led to this first great African exodus?

The events and coincidences that led to rapid advances in human intelligence 50,000 years ago.

A grim world is blessed by pre-modern man's wrath and it's beautiful light succumbs to the dark abyss of the neolithic reign of mother natures new conquerors, the Homo-Sapiens and their predecessors. Detailed thematic depictions of man's effects on earth and their ascent to dominance presented in short stop-motion animated segments fantasizing about the human race's beginnings and eventual domination of our world.