First peoples / produced by Wall to Wall in association with ARTE France for PBS.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Shale, Kerry, narrator.

Lambert, Tim, producer.

Wall to Wall (Firm), production company.

ARTE France, production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human beings.

Archaeology.

Genetics--Research.

Genetics.

Genealogy.

Genre:

Science television programs.

Television mini-series.

Documentary television programs.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 275 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Distribution:

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2015]

Language Note:

In English; optional subtitles in English.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; stereo.

digital optical stereo

widescreen (1.85:1)

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

200,000 years ago we took our first steps in Africa. Today there are seven billion of us living across the planet. How did our ancestors spread from continent to continent? This is a global detective story, featuring the latest archaeological discoveries and genetic research. On each continent, we track down the earliest members of our species, Homo sapiens. Who were these First Peoples? What drove them to the ends of the earth?

Contents:

Disc 1. Americas. Africa. Asia

disc 2. Australia. Europe.

Participant:

Narrator, Kerry Shale.

Credits:

Executive producer, Jonathan Hewes; series producer, Tim Lambert; photography, Tim Cragg, Lawrence Gardner, Paul Jenkins, Chad Gordon-Higgins, Julius Brighton; film editors, Brian Hovmand, Phil Bowman, Lauri White, Franco Bogino, Lee Sutton.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the television program originally broadcast [in 2014?].

ISBN:

9781627893350

1627893350

OCLC:

922577152

Publisher Number:

841887024648

00841887024648 gtin-14

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