Feature-length overview of the various leaps and cul-de-sacs of human evolution. This part takes us from the 3 million year-old ape-like hominids Lucy (Australopithecus Afarensis) and Flatface (Kenyanthropus Platyops) to the more human-like Homo Erectus, and its less-successful competitor Paranthropus Robustus.
Both the massive specimen Goliath (Homo Heidelbergensis) and the tiny Indonesian Hobbit (Homo Floresiensis) evolve out of Erectus, who had a growth spurt after figuring out how to cook food. Goliath later diverges into the Neanderthal in Europe and H. Sapiens in Africa. We find evidence of jewellery in Africa 75,000 years ago, and discover humans were wearing clothing 72,000 years ago, as body lice become separate to headlice. Mankind reaches Europe 45,000 years ago, where shortly afterwards paintings and carvings become widespread.