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{{short description|Television documentary}}
{{short description|Television documentary}}
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| narrator = [[Linda Hunt]]
| composer = [[Dean Grinsfelder]]
| country = United States
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| executive_producer = [[Pierre de Lespinois]]<br />[[Fran LoCascio]]
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| runtime = 49 minutes
| network = [[Discovery Channel]]
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'''''Before We Ruled the Earth''''' is a two-part [[documentary]] television [[miniseries]] that premiered on February 9, 2003 on the [[Discovery Channel]]. The program featured early [[human history]] and the challenges human beings faced thousands of years ago. It also features animals examples such as: [[Woolly mammoth]], ''[[Megantereon]]'', [[American bison|American buffalo]], [[Steppe Bison]], [[cave bear]], and [[Irish elk|Irish elk (''Megaloceros giganteus'')]]. The first episode was called "Hunt or Be Hunted" and the second called "Mastering the Beasts."
'''''Before We Ruled the Earth''''' is a two-part [[documentary]] television [[miniseries]] that premiered on February 9, 2003<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/116D3A0E2E8CD04C&f=basic |title=User account |access-date=2003-02-05 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2023}} on the [[Discovery Channel]]. The program featured early [[human history]] and the challenges human beings faced thousands of years ago. The first episode was called "Hunt or Be Hunted" and the second called "Mastering the Beasts."


==Episodes==
==Episodes==


===Episode 1===
===Episode 1===
"Hunt or Be Hunted" (narrated by [[Linda Hunt]]<ref name="IMDB-BWRTE">''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298673/ Before We Ruled the Earth]'' (IMDB description page)</ref>). The first part in the series shows how humans started out as prey for other animals such as [[Saber-toothed predator|saber-toothed cats]]. It depicts a saber-toothed cat killing an antelope and leaving the remains of the carcass; our ancestors attempt to steal the remains from the cat and one of the group is killed as the saber tooth spots them. It also shows how we discovered tools and made use of the sharpened stone. Later the show showed how as we grew more intelligent, that we were able to turn the tables on the beasts.{{Clarify|date=January 2011}}
"Hunt or Be Hunted" (narrated by [[Linda Hunt]]). The first part in the series shows how humans started out as prey for other animals such as [[Machairodontinae|saber-toothed cats]]. It depicts a saber-toothed cat killing an antelope and leaving the remains of the carcass; our ancestors attempt to steal the remains from the cat and one of the group is killed as the saber tooth spots them. It also shows how we discovered tools and made use of the sharpened stone. Later the show showed how as we grew more intelligent, that we were able to turn the tables on the beasts.{{Clarify|date=January 2011}}

Species discussed:
''[[Homo ergaster]]'',
''[[Megantereon]]'',
''[[Homo erectus]]'',
[[Megaloceros|Giant elk]],
[[Neanderthal]],
[[Steppe bison]], and
[[Human]] ([[Cro-Magnon]]).


===Episode 2===
===Episode 2===
"Mastering the Beasts" (narrated by [[John Slattery]]<ref name="IMDB-BWRTE"/>). The second and last part in the series takes place during the Ice Age. It shows how the Cro-Magnon and modern humans have become the dominant species and how we hunted animals such as [[mammoth]]s, Irish elk, aurochs and [[Bison|buffalo]]. Threats however include giant cave bears and [[Wolf|wolves]]. Death on the tundra was common and to survive our ancestors need to be able to adapt to change, such as the warming of the earth at the end of the last Ice Age ... something most of the giant beasts could not do, and therefore suffered extinction.
"Mastering the Beasts" (narrated by [[John Slattery]]). The second and last part in the series takes place during the Ice Age. It shows how the Cro-Magnon and modern humans have become the dominant species and how we hunted animals such as [[mammoth]]s, [[aurochs]] and [[Bison|buffalo]]. Threats however include giant [[cave bear]]s, [[Wolf|wolves]] and giant [[ground sloth]]s. Death on the tundra was common and to survive our ancestors need to be able to adapt to change, such as the warming of the earth at the end of the last Ice Age ... something most of the giant beasts could not do, and therefore suffered extinction.

Species discussed:
''[[Human]]'' ([[Cro-Magnon]] and [[Paleo-Indian]]),
[[Cave bear]] (live acted by a [[Grizzly Bear]]),
[[Aurochs]],
[[Woolly mammoth]],
[[Tundra wolf]],
''[[Megalonyx jeffersoni]]'', and
[[American bison|American buffalo]].


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.allmovie.com/dvd/before-we-ruled-the-earth-mastering-the-beasts-3838 On allmovie.com]
* [http://www.allmovie.com/dvd/before-we-ruled-the-earth-mastering-the-beasts-3838 On allmovie.com]
*{{IMDb title|0298673}}
* {{IMDb title|0298673}}


{{Discovery Channel programming}}
{{Discovery Channel programming}}

Latest revision as of 07:14, 29 December 2023

Before We Ruled the Earth
Narrated byLinda Hunt
ComposerDean Grinsfelder
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producersPierre de Lespinois
Fran LoCascio
Running time49 minutes
Original release
NetworkDiscovery Channel
ReleaseFebruary 9, 2003 (2003-02-09)

Before We Ruled the Earth is a two-part

documentary television miniseries that premiered on February 9, 2003[1][failed verification] on the Discovery Channel. The program featured early human history
and the challenges human beings faced thousands of years ago. The first episode was called "Hunt or Be Hunted" and the second called "Mastering the Beasts."

Episodes

Episode 1

"Hunt or Be Hunted" (narrated by Linda Hunt). The first part in the series shows how humans started out as prey for other animals such as saber-toothed cats. It depicts a saber-toothed cat killing an antelope and leaving the remains of the carcass; our ancestors attempt to steal the remains from the cat and one of the group is killed as the saber tooth spots them. It also shows how we discovered tools and made use of the sharpened stone. Later the show showed how as we grew more intelligent, that we were able to turn the tables on the beasts.[clarification needed]

Episode 2

"Mastering the Beasts" (narrated by John Slattery). The second and last part in the series takes place during the Ice Age. It shows how the Cro-Magnon and modern humans have become the dominant species and how we hunted animals such as mammoths, aurochs and buffalo. Threats however include giant cave bears, wolves and giant ground sloths. Death on the tundra was common and to survive our ancestors need to be able to adapt to change, such as the warming of the earth at the end of the last Ice Age ... something most of the giant beasts could not do, and therefore suffered extinction.

References

  1. ^ "User account". Retrieved 2003-02-05.

External links

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