NOVA · S37E04

Becoming Human: First Steps

2009-11-03 · 55 min · ★ 4.3 (4) · TMDB

The first hour examines the factors that caused the split from the apes. The film explores the fossil of “Selam,” also known as “Lucy’s Child” — an amazing, nearly complete child fossil that helps shed light on our ancestors’ early development and how we began to depart from that of chimps.