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5. A Great Gamble
Around 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift - abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.
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Human is a documentary TV series that premiered on BBC Two on July 14, 2025. It has 1 season and 5 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 5 "A Great Gamble", aired on August 11, 2025.
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals humanity's incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution – and how the story is stranger and more surprising than ever imagined.
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5 episodes · 1 season
2025 · 5 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago
Stranger and more dramatic than we ever imagined - these are our untold origins. With stunning visuals and cutting-edge science, Ella Al-Shamahi reveals the story of our species.
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Around 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age finally thaws, humanity makes a dramatic shift - abandoning nomadic life for permanent settlements.
E4
During the height of the Ice Age, one of the coldest times humanity has ever known, Homo sapiens steps into the last habitable continents on the planet: the Americas.
E3
Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it become the last human species on Earth.
E2
Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, heading into areas inhabited by other human species.
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The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years are revolutionising the understanding of humanity's origin story.
Human has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on August 11, 2025.
The most recent episode of Human, Season 1 Episode 5 "A Great Gamble", aired on August 11, 2025.
Human has 1 season with 5 episodes in total.
Human first aired on BBC Two on July 14, 2025.
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