"A natural history by David Attenborough"

Life on Earth

Name: Life on Earth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1979-01-16
Cast: David Attenborough

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Documentary

The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that now live around us.

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StatusEnded

First AiredJanuary 16, 1979

Last AiredApril 10, 1979

Episode Runtime55dk

Seasons1

Episodes13

TypeDocumentary

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

earth natural history biology wildlife ecology animals nature evolution natural selection nature documentary natural world

Production Companies

Reiner Moritz Productions

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Last Episode

S1 E13 • 4/10/1979

The Compulsive Communicators

David Attenborough looks for crucial clues that help to explain how and why we have come to dominate life on earth. He traces back the African origins of humans to nearly three million years ago, and along the way he goes into caves in southern France where Stone Age people created imaginative paintings of ice-age animals. He also travels to Papua New Guinea to find some hunter-gatherers who have never before set eyes on white people.