How Earth Made Us
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How Earth Made Us

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How Earth Made UsThe incredible story of the natural forces that have shaped our history presented by Professor Iain Stewart. Our planet has amazing power, and yet that's rarely mentioned in our history books.

This series tells the story of how the Earth has influenced human history, from the dawn of civilization to the modern industrial age. It reveals for the first time on television how geology, geography and climate have been a far more powerful influence on the human story than has previously been acknowledged.

A combination of epic story telling, visually stunning camera-work, extraordinary locations and passionate presenting combine to form a highly original version of human history.

1. Deep Earth. In this first episode, Iain explores the relationship between the deep Earth and the development of human civilization. He visits an extraordinary crystal cave in Mexico, drops down a hole in the Iranian desert and crawls through seven-thousand-year-old tunnels in Israel.

2. Water. Visiting spectacular locations in Iceland, the Middle East and India, Iain shows how control over water has been central to human existence.

3. Wind. Iain sets sail on one of the fastest racing boats ever built to explore the story of our turbulent relationship with the wind. Traveling to iconic locations including the Sahara desert, the coast of West Africa and the South Pacific, Iain discovers how people have exploited the power of the wind for thousands of years.

4. Fire. Iain explores man's relationship with fire. He begins by embarking on an extraordinary encounter with this terrifying force of nature - a walk right through the heart of a raging fire.

5. Human Planet. He explores the most recently established force, humans. It's easy to think of the human impact on the planet as a negative one, but as Iain discovers, this isn't always the case.

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Kevin
Kevin
7 years ago

I think the researchers got the point vs sickle backwards in the water episode. Anyone else?

Mac McG
Mac McG
10 years ago

IS this guy bathing in crude oil??? Doesn't this i*iot know about carcinogens???!!! Doesn't he know crude oil is FULL of them??!!!

Maria GA
Maria GA
10 years ago

Kudos to Prof. Iain Stewart for a heartfelt account of the awesome wonder of Earth.

john furniss
john furniss
11 years ago

i most liked the one on fire.our currency is actually carbon, not the silly trading sytems that have recently come to the fore but from organic matter that sustains us through to the fuel we use every where

Therdpun Klinjun
Therdpun Klinjun
11 years ago

Love Prof. Ian's works

Jose Rodrigo Morales Moscoso
Jose Rodrigo Morales Moscoso
12 years ago

This is probably the best documentary I have ever seen in my life. Even the script is very well written, tying each paragraph to the thesis that water, earth, air or fire shaped civilizations. 10 out of 10, without a doubt.

PauletteNYC
PauletteNYC
12 years ago

Great documentary, very informative. And yes it's out of order. The first video in the series is actually the second one. If you hover over the second one you'll see it'll say: 1/5 Water.

Mateus Pimentel Brajão
Mateus Pimentel Brajão
12 years ago

Yeah, the playlist is wrong and the IMDb website too. You just gotta see the end of each episode and you'll figure it out.

Mateus Pimentel Brajão
Mateus Pimentel Brajão
12 years ago

He ends the "Deep Earth" program saying that the next one will be about "Wind", so it seems that actually there's something wrong with the order on the playlist...

Santhosh Sundaram
Santhosh Sundaram
12 years ago

well this is apart from the topic..can someone please tell me what song is it they use in the beginning of the episode..!?

ariana dick
ariana dick
12 years ago

very intresting.

smugg
smugg
12 years ago

u gotta love that scot accent

smugg
smugg
12 years ago

so much stuff going on under this thin layer of gasses...

Blah
Blah
12 years ago

Yea way to note how this changed the destiny of European people while never mentioning the effect it had on Africans.

Kristoffer Lindstrøm
Kristoffer Lindstrøm
12 years ago

Be aware the playlist starts with part 2 not 1 ^^

minoas.info
minoas.info
12 years ago

absolutely amazing video.Really interesting documentary.thanks for sharing this!!!!

Magsarella
Magsarella
12 years ago

Awesome doc, I find it somewhat sad (yet hopeful) that many of the magnificent places he's traveling to are now in the throes of civil war and the fight for democracy.

Gary V
Gary V
12 years ago

A very good doc, I watched this a few months ago on TV & it is definitely worth watching again.

Jonathan Kattner
Jonathan Kattner
12 years ago

five stars

Matthew D'Ambrosio
Matthew D'Ambrosio
12 years ago

Truly an amazing documentary. I found it showed a different variety of places to explore rather than the usual locations filmed in nature documentaries.

machine
machine
12 years ago

The idea farming stopped another ice age is complete nonsense. We had just come out of an ice age when we started farming.

delhibiguy
delhibiguy
12 years ago

As an Indian now living in LA I found the episode on "Water" to be fascinating

Alex Boivin-Scott
Alex Boivin-Scott
12 years ago

absolutely amazing, even if im not interested in the subject ill watch it cause its bbc. but the fact that they make tons of extremely interesting docs is just amazing. mad props to bbc, f*** nat-geo. lol :P thanks alot also to vlatko for making this site, your amazing.

Robert Fairhurst
Robert Fairhurst
12 years ago

BBC does it again, superb. No other TV channel could do what BBC does and it continues to amaze

Keri-Anne Nichols
Keri-Anne Nichols
12 years ago

Excellent doc! Thank you for posting this, it was extremely informative!

Jack1952
Jack1952
12 years ago

Insightful comments for far. LOL. Actually, this is a great doc. Really enjoyed them. That is my insightful comment.

Gary V
Gary V
12 years ago

Another very good series of docs, it's great to watch them again. Thanks Vlatko.
* They are not in the right order. *