Human

“The most extraordinary story of all... Our own.”

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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.

Network: BBC Two

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Ella Al-Shamahi

Self - Presenter

Melissa Massyn

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