Ape to Man

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.

7

100 min

Cast

Edward Herrmann

as Narrator

Leslie Aiello

as Herself - Head of Graduate Schoo

Joe Caine

as Himself - Science & Technology Studies

Kevin Hudson

as Mr. Human

Tessa Jubber

as Dora Dart

Chris Rogers

as Svänte Paabo

Thorsten Wedekind

as Johann Fuehrott

Director

Nic Young