First Peoples (2015)★ 7.8/10
- Documentary
- History
Directed by: Nicolas Brown, Nigel Walk, Tim Lambert
200,000 years ago we took our first steps in Africa. Today there are 7 billion of us living across the planet. How did our ancestors spread from continent to continent? This is a global detective story, featuring the latest archaeological discoveries and genetic research. On each continent, we track down the earliest members of our species, Homo sapiens. Who were these First Peoples? What drove them to the ends of the earth?
Directed by
Cast & crew
Kerry ShaleNarrator
John HawksSelf - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Svante PääboSelf - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Eske WillerslevSelf - Center for GeoGenetics, CopenhagenJean-Jacques HublinSelf - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyMetin ErenSelf - University of Missouri
Wulf HeinSelf - Archaeo-TechnicJohn SheaSelf - Stony Brook UniversityHuw BartonSelf - University of LeicesterPhilipp GunzSelf - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyNicholas ConardSelf - University of TübingenJim BowlerSelf - University of MelbourneBruno DavidSelf - Monash UniversityDoug OwsleySelf - Smithsonian InstitutionIsrael HershkovitzSelf - Tel Aviv UniversityJoão ZilhãoSelf - University of BarcelonaRhys HughesNeanderthalMichael WatersSelf - Center for the Study of the First AmericansKaterina HarvatiSelf - University of TübingenJeff RoseSelf - Ronin InstituteBennett GreenspanSelf - Family Tree DNARod WellsSelf - Flinders UniversityJoshua AkeySelf - University of WashingtonArmand MinthornSelf - Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian ReservationMichael HammerSelf - University of ArizonaLudovic SlimacSelf - University of Toulouse IINicole WaguespackSelf - University of WyomingTanya CharlesSelf - Mungo National Park RangerFabrice DemeterSelf - National Museum of Natural History, ParisMargaret KatherineSelf - Jawoyn ElderBence ViolaSelf - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyJosh GriffithsSelf - Environmental biologistJon ErlandsonSelf - University of OregonMatthew Fomine ForkaSelf - University of YaoundeRasmus NielsenSelf - University of California, BerkeleyShannon McPherronSelf - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyThomas WalesSelf - Thaynakwith ElderJohn TrowsdaleSelf - University of CambridgeLinda VigilantSelf - University of California, BerkeleyArturo GonzálezSelf - Institute of American PrehistoryBob StevensSelf - San Carlos Apache ReservationJacquelyn GillSelf - University of MaineJacqueline JohnsonSelf - Great-great-granddaughter of Albert PerryLaura Lynn ShackelfordSelf - University of IllinoisMike WestawaySelf - Griffith UniversityPeter LapeSelf - Burke Museum, SeattleRebecca AckermannSelf - University of Cape TownJohn FleagleSelf - Stony Brook UniversityWu LiuSelf - Chinese Academy of SciencesChangzhu JinSelf - Chinese Academy of SciencesAlejandro TerrazasSelf - National Autonomous University of MexicoGhia Koch-HumanClovis Woman (uncredited)