Dawn of Humanity
Dawn of Humanity | |
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Genre | Documentary film |
Directed by | Graham Townsley |
Narrated by | Jay O. Sanders |
Theme music composer | Robert Neufeld |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Graham Townsley |
Editor | Emmanuel Mairesse |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Production company | National Geographic Studios |
Original release | |
Network | PBS |
Release | September 16, 2015 |
Dawn of Humanity
Participants
The documentary film is narrated by Jay O. Sanders and includes the following participants[1] (alphabetized by last name):
- Rebecca R. Ackermann (University of Cape Town)
- Zeresenay Alemseged (California Academy of Sciences)
- Lee R. Berger (University of the Witwatersrand)
- Pedro Boshoff (fossil hunter)
- Steven Churchill (Duke University)
- Viktor Deak (paleo-artist)
- paleontologist)
- Elen Feuerriegel (paleoanthropologist)
- Alia Gurtov (paleontologist)
- William Harcourt-Smith (American Museum of Natural History)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Amanda Henry (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
- K. Lindsay Hunter (Sepela Field Programs)
- Rick Hunter (caver)
- Donald Johanson (Institute of Human Origins)
- Job Kibii (University of the Witwatersrand)
- Ashley Kruger (University of the Witwatersrand)
- Hannah Morris(paleoethnobotany) (Chena Consulting Group)
- Becca Peixotto (paleontologist)
- Rick Potts (Smithsonian Institution)
- Patrick Randolph-Quinney (University of the Witwatersrand)
- Brian Richmond (American Museum of Natural History)
- Peter Schmid (University of the Witwatersrand)
- Michael Tomasello (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
- Steven Tucker (caver)
- Carol Ward (University of Missouri)
- Celeste Yates (University of the Witwatersrand)
Critical reception
Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times noted, "Documentaries about prehistory and paleoanthropology are usually interesting, sometimes even thought-provoking. But you don't often encounter one that's thrilling. Yet that is a fitting adjective for Dawn of Humanity, a program... that brings an aura of breaking news to a field that can often seem musty."[9] Brooke Cain of The Charlotte Observer reports that the documentary features "exclusive footage of the hair-raising descent deep into a nearly inaccessible cave to retrieve more than 1,500 hominid fossils."[10]
According to archaeologist K. Kris Hirst, Dawn of Humanity provides "a rich context for the discovery [of the fossils of Homo naledi], setting the historical and evolutionary background so that viewers can understand the significance of the discovery....
References
- ^ a b c Staff (September 10, 2015). "PBS - NOVA - Dawn of Humanity". PBS. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Bryner, Jeanna (September 10, 2015). "In Photos: New Human Relative Shakes Up Our Family Tree". Live Science. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Li, Shirley (September 10, 2015). "NOVA, National Geographic debut human fossil record film Dawn of Humanity". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Friedman, Lauren F. (September 10, 2015). "A breathtaking look at the death-defying discovery of our new human ancestor". Tech Insider. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Yong, Ed (September 10, 2015). "6 Tiny Cavers, 15 Odd Skeletons, and 1 Amazing New Species of Ancient Human". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
- PMID 26354291.Full list of authors
- Lee R. Berger
- John D. Hawks
- Darryl J de Ruiter
- Steven E Churchill
- Peter Schmid
- Lucas K Delezene
- Tracy L Kivell
- Heather M Garvin
- Scott A Williams
- Jeremy M DeSilva
- Matthew M Skinner
- Charles M Musiba
- Noel Cameron
- Trenton W Holliday
- William Harcourt-Smith
- Rebecca R Ackermann
- Markus Bastir
- Barry Bogin
- Debra Bolter
- Juliet Brophy
- Zachary D Cofran
- Kimberly A Congdon
- Andrew S Deane
- Mana Dembo
- Michelle Drapeau
- Marina C Elliott
- Elen M Feuerriegel
- Daniel Garcia-Martinez
- David J Green
- Alia Gurtov
- Joel D Irish
- Ashley Kruger
- Myra F Laird
- Damiano Marchi
- Marc R Meyer
- Shahed Nalla
- Enquye W Negash
- Caley M Orr
- Davorka Radovcic
- Lauren Schroeder
- Jill E Scott
- Zachary Throckmorton
- Matthew W Tocheri
- Caroline VanSickle
- Christopher S Walker
- Pianpian Wei
- Bernhard Zipfel
- ^ Staff (September 10, 2015). "New Human Ancestor Discovered: Homo naledi (Exclusive Video)". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- National Geographic News. Archived from the originalon September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (September 14, 2015). "Review: PBS's 'Dawn of Humanity' Puts Prehistory in a New Light". The New York Times. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ Cain, Brooke (September 16, 2015). "What to Watch on Wednesday: NOVA examines 'Dawn of Humanity'". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ About.com. Archived from the originalon September 30, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
External links
- Dawn of Humanity at the PBS WebSite
- Dawn of Humanity at IMDb
- Dawn of Humanity – Complete TEXT of the documentary film
- National Geographic blog of Rising Star Expedition members
- Hominid species
- Exploring the Hominid Fossil Record
(Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology at The George Washington University) - Human Timeline (Interactive) – Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History (August 2016).
- Dawn of Humanity – Trailer(000:30) on YouTube
- Dawn of Humanity – video search on YouTube.
- Dawn of Humanity – video search on Dailymotion.