Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 3
• Studio: Wgbh / Pbs
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304469101
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #522,465 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

View the award-winning exploration of the beginnings and development of the human race. Includes a 12-page comprehensive teacher's guide and The Story of Lucy, Surviving in Africa and The Creative Revolution.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational, entertaining and engaging, November 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nova: In Search of Human Origins [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have used these tapes in a sixth grade setting with learnig disabled and non-learning disabled students. The host allows the viewer to see science as solving mysteries using intreging clues and the knowledge of experts to help with the discovery. It was a great framework to build lessons around and to engage students to ask insightful questions about the past and our changing views of human development. Beautifully filmed.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, entertaining, view of human origins., August 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nova: In Search of Human Origins [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a series that virtually anyone can enjoy. Not only is it educational, but it is entertaining. It is in no way stuffy or academic, but can be used in the classroom with no problem as well. The host, Don Johanson, is a well-known fossil hunter who discovered "Lucy", one of the earliest human ancestors. Probably appropriate for ages from high school to adult.

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, March 26, 2008

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CARL D. BAKER "DAVE" (Longview, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nova: In Search of Human Origins [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Returning to college @ 48, I took an Anthropology course. We viewed this series and I was hooked! This is not only Don Johanson's personal story of how he found "Lucy," but also OUR story....well, at least a good piece of it.
Dr. Johanson leads us thru human evolution honestly...with the humility to tell us he doesn't have all the answers and the whole story can change as new discoveries are unearthed. Plus, it has been my great fortune to meet and visit with Don and he is so unlike the typical professor...very down to earth and fun! This 3 hour Nova series should be your first step to a greater understanding of our distant anscestors. I recommend it highly!