Clerk Next.js Quickstart

Prehistoric Autopsy

2012-10-22

Ended

Documentary

A journey into our evolutionary past, piecing together the bodies of our prehistoric family.

Similar tvshows

Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures

Professor Richard Fortey travels to some of the greatest fossil sites on earth to discover more about the distant past.

Dissected

This ground-breaking two-part series takes us inside two of the most amazing structures in the natural world: our hands and feet.

Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants?

Australia was once home to a group of extraordinary animals known as Megafauna. What became of them has been debated for over a century, but now a team of scientists are re-opening this Palaeolithic cold case.

History of the Earth

From Pete, David and Leila - the creators of History Time, Voices of the Past and Something Incredible. From dust to dinosaurs; come with us as we explore the entire history of our planet. History of the Earth tells the entire story of the Earth, from its formation 4.5 billion years ago to today – covering eye-watering geology and bizarre biology along the way.

Human

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.

Prehistoric Planet

Experience the wonders of our world like never before in this epic series from Jon Favreau and the producers of Planet Earth. Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas, and skies.

Ancient Apocalypse

Throughout the ages, civilisations have risen up and then disappeared. Ancient Apocalypse seeks to explain how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature.

The Beauty of Anatomy

Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the close relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art that illustrate them.

Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey

The Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey is a series of five documentary films following the decade-long Wanderjahr of the filmmaker/sibling partnership Lorne and Lawrence Blair.

Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body

In one of his final TV projects, the presenter takes a journey around the human body, putting his own to the test to help viewers understand their own.

Adventure

Long-running travel programme

The Human Body

The Human Body is a seven-part documentary series that looks at the mechanics and emotions of the human body from birth to death.

Eons

Join hosts Hank Green, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age. The evolutionary history of mammals including humans and other modern species is explored with these amazing paleontology experts.

Monsters We Met

Three part series detailing the dangerous prehistoric creatures humans met as they explored the world for the first time.

First Peoples

A five-part series that features the latest research exploring how early humans evolved. See how the mixing of prehistoric human genes led the way for our species to survive and thrive around the globe. Archaeology, genetics and anthropology cast new light on 200,000 years of history, detailing how early humans became dominant.

Jurassic Fight Club

Imagines prehistoric life in this entertainment series about dinosaur battles. Computer-generated dinosaurs engage in conflicts choreographed using paleontological evidence from 70-million-year-old crime scenes. Jurassic Fight Club was hosted by George Blasing, a self-taught paleontologist.

The wonderful machine

A long journey in 8 episodes to discover the human body, with Piero Angela who closely observes our organism, focusing each time on a theme: the eye, the ear, taste and smell, the stomach and the intestine, liver, bones, lungs and heart. How does our "wonder machine" work? To make each explanation direct and clear, the program uses films, animations and photographs developed with the scanning electron microscope.

Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

David Attenborough presents a series on fossils and palaeontology.

Dinosaurs Inside & Out

Extinct for millions of years, dinosaurs continue to fascinate as scientists struggle to understand the creatures that went from domination to extinction seemingly overnight. This four-part documentary series attempts to provide some answers. From the badlands to the Yucatán Peninsula, paleontologists scour the earth to learn about the predatory habits of carnivorous dinosaurs, the land area required to feed a large sauropod and much more.

Body Bizarre

Criss-crossing the globe, "Body Bizarre" embarks on a voyage of discovery unlike any other. From India's child snake charmers to the world's hairiest girl, this series uncovers the real human stories behind the headlines. With deeply personal interviews and footage from the most unusual of day-to-day routines, it's an adventure through the truly astonishing.

;