
This is an interesting and absorbing 15 part documentary series by BBC on the history and origins of mankind in Africa with Zeinab Badawi.
In the first part, she goes to the Hadza tribe of hunter gatherers in northern Tanzania. They live today exactly as our ancestors must have lived millions of years ago – by hunting for food with weapons made by themselves, by lighting a fire not by using matches but by ancient means how our ancestors must have created fire. The men hunt and women forage for tuber roots and small animals to eat.
The documentary also has an interview with one of the Leaky brothers to describe how human evolution must have taken place, what differentiates today’s homo sapiens from animals – the use of our hands, larger brains, ability to solve complex problems and language most of all.
Another dimension is why did humans originate in Africa and not in the other continents and the answer to that lies in the fact that Africa had lush vegetation with plenty of plants and fruits to eat besides it was teeming with wild life and therefore meat.
Seems to be an interesting documentary series. Need to see where it goes further and further. You can watch the documentary here.