US book cover
Walking with Cavemen is a 2003 four-part nature documentary television miniseries produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, the Discovery Channel and ProSieben. Walking with Cavemen explores human evolution, showcasing various extinct hominin species and their inferred behaviours and social dynamics. The original British version of the series is presented by the British researcher Robert Winston; in the American version Winston's appearances and narration is replaced with narration by Alec Baldwin. Originally Nigel Marven was supposed to host the American version, an additional two part DVD version featured Andrew Sachs as the narrator.
Episodes[]
- First Ancestors
- Blood Brothers
- Savage Family
- The Survivors
List of Extinct Fauna Featured[]
- Australopithecus afarensis
- Ancylotherium
- Deinotherium
- Dinofelis
- Paranthropus boisei
- Homo habilis
- Homo rudolfensis
- Homo ergaster
- Gigantopithecus
- Homo erectus
- Homo heidelbergensis
- Megaloceros
- Neanderthal
- Homo sapiens idaltu
Gallery[]
Homo ergaster from Walking with Cavemen.
Homo erectus as they appeared in Walking with Cavemen.
Robert Winston
Alec Baldwin
Trivia[]
- In the US version and the Andrew Sachs version the show is only two parts.
- In episode four, one of the hidelbergensis is wearing sneakers.
- This goes the same for protective foot pads in episode three seen on the ergaster.
- (most) All the ape-men where played by white actors, though many of the species probably had a darker skin pigmentation.
- This is one of the most disliked installments in the series.