Ape to Man 2005
Ape to Man
Scientists from the mid-nineteenth century have searched for the fossil remains of the "missing link" in evolution - the half-man, half-ape that would explain where mankind came from. But over the last century and a half, it has been the idea of what a missing link is that has evolved. The history of this scientific quest - peopled with fanatics, frauds, amateurs, professionals, the lucky, the unlucky, the unfairly neglected and the undeservedly praised - is the subject of this documentary. Reenactments depict scientists making their discoveries and then stretch back hundreds of thousands, even millions, of years to depict the typical lives of our human and human-like ancestors. Interviews with leading scientists fill in the details.
Scientists from the mid-nineteenth century have searched for the fossil remains of the "missing link" in evolution - the half-man, half-ape that would explain where mankind came from. But over the last century and a half, it has been the idea of what a missing link is that has evolved. The history of this scientific quest - peopled with fanatics, frauds, amateurs, professionals, the lucky, the unlucky, the unfairly neglected and the undeservedly praised - is the subject of this documentary. Reenactments depict scientists making their discoveries and then stretch back hundreds of thousands, even millions, of years to depict the typical lives of our human and human-like ancestors. Interviews with leading scientists fill in the details.
Videos & Photos
All 0 Videos & 1 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Narrator
... Herself - Head of Graduate Schoo
JC
Joe Caine... Himself - Science & Technology Studies
... Mr. Human
... Dora Dart
CR
Chris Rogers... Svänte Paabo
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Release Date:
Dec 27, 2005 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 40`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released

Cast & Crew of
Ape to Man
Directors & Credit Writers
NY
Nic Young... Director
Cast
... Narrator
... Herself - Head of Graduate Schoo
JC
Joe Caine... Himself - Science & Technology Studies
... Mr. Human
... Dora Dart
CR
Chris Rogers... Svänte Paabo
... Johann Fuehrott