Product Details

• Directors: Rod Paul
• Writers: Jonathan Wickham, Steve Eder
• Producers: David Paul, Paul Gasek
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Discovery Channel
• DVD Release Date: March 30, 2010
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00316DDU4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,311 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Discovering Ardi" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Has a 4.4-million-year-old: missing link, been found? The groundbreaking discovery of the skeleton nicknamed: Ardi, more than a million years older than Lucy, offers a fascinating look at what the last common ancestor of humans and living apes might have been like. An international team of scientists, who 17 years ago began an investigation of the remote Ethiopian desert where the discovery was made, has painstakingly analyzed its findings and now can reveal in compelling detail how and why humans emerged. This exclusive peek at a new chapter on human evolution, narrated by Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe and illuminated with 3D recreations, brings Ardi and her world to vivid life.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Science!, May 10, 2010

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How could anyone doubt the wonders of Natural Selection after seeing this? I bought it to show to my High School Biology classes. They were fascinated. Several asked is this REALLY true? Seems to me that if we show them the science these students might just question the version they hear at church. Wouldn't it be nice if the creationists were asked to supply really strong evidence?

I would recommend this to anyone who has an open mind and a curiosity about the origin of our species.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic, November 18, 2011

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Really love early human development doc's, and this one is superb. A must see if there ever was one. The odds of finding a skeleton from this period, this complete, was astronomical. How they do their analysis from this find beats any detective story you will ever read. Most enjoyable!

5.0 out of 5 stars Our knowledge of the past..., February 7, 2012

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...keeps changing. 4.4 million year old skeleton, a million years older than Lucy, shows us just how far back mankind has been walking. A wonderful peek into how science works - 17 years of work to find the clues in "Ardi" and to understand the world in which she lived in. A new look at our evolution - how early did walking develop? If Ardi was NEVER a knuckle walker who did SHE evolve from? If she both climbed and walked, in a forest, around 4.4 million years ago how far back will we have to look to find our missing link? The first ape to stand up and walk? Another million? Two million?

AMAZING!