Scientists from the mid-nineteenth century have searched for the fossil remains of the "missing link" in evolution - the half-man, half-ape that would explain where mankind came from. But over the last century and a half, it has been the idea of what a missing link is that has evolved. The history of this scientific quest - peopled with fanatics, frauds, amateurs, professionals, the lucky, the unlucky, the unfairly neglected and the undeservedly praised - is the subject of this documentary. Reenactments depict scientists making their discoveries and then stretch back hundreds of thousands, even millions, of years to depict the typical lives of our human and human-like ancestors. Interviews with leading scientists fill in the details.
Edward Herrmann
Narrator
Leslie Aiello
Herself - Head of Graduate Schoo
Joe Caine
Himself - Science & Technology Studies
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December 27, 2005
1h 40m
7.0
Nic Young
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6
Harrington Talents
N/A
Kevin Hudson
Mr. Human
Tessa Jubber
Dora Dart
Chris Rogers
Svänte Paabo
Thorsten Wedekind
Johann Fuehrott
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