Journey to 10,000 BC
10,000 B.C. was a time of cataclysmic change on Earth. Extreme climactic fluctuations hurled the planet into a minor ice age; mega-fauna like the saber-toothed tiger and woolly mammoth were suddenly becoming extinct; and early humans began to inhabit North America.
Cold and hungry, their fragile communities undertook perilous hunting expeditions. The slaughter of a single mammoth, weighing nearly ten tons, could be the difference between survival and death.
JOURNEY TO 10,000 B.C. brings this unique and thrilling period to life, and investigates the geologic and climate changes that scientists are just beginning to understand.
In a major forensic investigation, History visits early human archaeological sites to uncover fossilized bones, ancient dwellings, and stone weapons, and uses state-of-the-art CGI to recreate the treacherous mammoth hunts and the devastating impact of a comet colliding with Earth.
okay... for everybody that keeps asking why the paleo-indians look like white people i think it has something to do with the clovus theory at the end where they say the technology matches south france and north spain and try to prove that they could have migrated over... u made me ruin the part of the doc to say that im surprised no one made the connection. no, i'm not a white i'm asian but i wasn't offended and (puzzled but figured it out at the end)...don't u guys get it?
i watched 25 minutes of this pignorance (read humanignorance) posed as 'history', 'science' whatever and i have to go. The victor blatantly rewriting history again, except here it's not Hollywood wankers behind the rotoscope but some purportedly 'serious' 'educative' concern. abyssmal horseshite. So far i've heard in this doc infinitesimally little or nothing as to the true origin of these 'indians' or their historic waves of migration across the Bering strait. To neglect such fascinating information amounts to disinformation and this combines with the way the makers have contrived to portray these immigrant asians as apple pie regular-featured caucasians, basically, with Claudia Schiffer hair reinforcing the subliminal ad that all white america wants to suck up and burp on like a supersize shitshake ---- that the US has always been essentially white so nobody has to tax their pretty auburn head about who they took the land off and by what means. I'm not saying that victorious peoples have to spend their entire future in sack cloth and ashes in memory of the cruelly vanquished, just that in their histories they should show respect through faithful representation not lies posed alongside science. The attempts to hide fact under kitschy propaganda as per this schlock doc just accent the true hideous shame they do in fact feel at their violence laden history.
i sure appreciate the comments. reading them before i choose a doc to watch really is helpful in avoioding the most terrible of them...
Paloeindians???, they're saying the first people here where from India? Europeans need to stop calling these people Indians!!! Like calling the Inuit "Eskamos" .Asians would have been the first people not europeans.
the paloindians dont really look like native indians, more like white guys in cave men outfits
END OF THE ICE AGE: in other words, it'd been snow for ages, then it thawed. The bible doesn't mention snow, so creationists stfu, your augument is invalid!
This should annoy the hell out of those creationist f--kwits. Noah didn't have a mammoth on board.
An OK doco if you like hamburger docos with lashings of mayo, ie for people with unsophisticated taste in scolarship. Please lose the awful CGI, cartoon might be better. Interesting to begin with but so many factual inaccuracies though. Columbian Mammoth is NOT the largest land animal since the dinosaurs, quick wiki search can tell you Paraceratherium (giant rhino known by a coupla scientific names) was nearly twice the size at nearly 20 tons. And whats with the white paleo-indians? They would have looked like the modern Innuit surely? And they would never have large fires- not enough wood. Please make a doco that is for grown-ups not four year old....
For the first time, humans entered the continent? Humans had been around in N and S america for thousands of years at this point.
When completely blundering a geographical fact such as The Grand Banks being in "Nova Scotia",well that was the last straw, I had to turn it off... And even suggesting the first people were from France specifically is laughable....
The term saber toothed tiger is misleading.It was in fact a saber toothed cat.The animal in question was not closely related to tigers.
Whoever funded this doc must be regreting it now. Mammoths were not the largest land mammals after dinosaurs. See Indricotherium. 20 tons! After a couple more mistakes I couldn't watch this joke of a documentary any further.
Bah. This flick on the intellectual level of 12 year olds. it should run on the cartoon channel.
Why are the people in this movie made to look like Caucasian Europeans? This is wrong Their racial features would and should have been Asiatic. White Caucasians people didn't colonize the Americas. Asians did.
@Jo
Thanks much. I will check that out, and I discovered that to be true in my searches. Since you asked, I have finished the first draft and am slogging through the revision and talking to a modest but quality publisher who is interested. In all, things are farther along then I imagined they would be by February 2011.
To all interested in the (largely lost) wisdom of native peoples who live close to the earth and who pass practical and spiritual wisdom down for millenia, I am reading a really fantastic book right now called Grandfather, by Tom Brown. Tom Brown is a survivalist who has written many books and has a school. Grandfather is the story of his mentor, an Apache man who essentially wandered the Americas for decades. Amazing story. It is astonishing the depth of wisdom and knowledge that modern western folks have lost or missed.
Excellent Film, thank you. Very difficult to make these kind of documentaries, as we have barely begun to analyse the archaeologic evidence in North America, and every 'find' adds to or changes the story - I do love the stories. For ex. recent finds keep added to the age of aboriginal people in North America, and suggesting 'we' came from several original Asian & European locations, a number of different times, but perhaps as early as 40,000 years ago.
More docs like this one could lead to regular 'popcorn' nights, :), thanks for that @Connie.
@Vlatko LMHO ... your music vid was 'very' illuminating :) . I checked, and see you still do not have a 'donate' option - so okay, guess we have to buy a Film from the store now and then...
@ Keith, let us know when the book comes together. Online maps I have learned are difficult to come by (huge file size and development costs), but I have found some good ones re: Geoscapes Maps, Archaeological Maps of North America, and from Geologic or geo science web sites as well. Much good luck.
Quote from end of first section:
"They hunt the largest animal on earth since the dinosaur: The Mammoth..."
This is bulls**t, and like many similar documentaries the whole thing is riddled with stupid errors, mistakes and wayward speculation.
Just for the record, Paraceratherium was the largest land mammal to have lived, weighed around 20 tonnes, most mammoth species were in fact quite small, around the same size as the Asian elephant..
Take anything you hear from the r@#$%&*% narrator on this doc with a pinch of salt..
@Vlatko:
Ha,Ha, great link! (ROFLOLTSDMC)!!
@ Keith, I guess you might be right :-) However if you stick around long enough and are observant you will get to Know Vlatko by his actions,If you read between the lines and watch how he deals with others you will see his heart and wisdom shine thru brilliantly. He is a fair and just man.
He is dedicated to his friends and goes way out of the way for anyone.
He is not afraid to stand up for himself or others.
I know if i ask something of him for the goodness of others Then it is done before I ask.
He is wise and humerous. and I sometimes think of him setting back and watching his children play in the field that he created and always watching and making sure we are playing nice.
I am glad you asked about him Keith. It makes me step back and realize That although I have learned enough to respect , admire and love him for who he is. I somehow never think he would want to communicate or play with us in the field as we do with each other.
I have wondered more myself but never asked. You are wise to just come out and ask. The DAH ! is on me not you. You were smart to ask.
I'll be listening when you get the answers:-)
However...still don't know where he is and what he's all about other than that he's all about documentaries! :)
Doh! Thanks Connie.
@ Keith
go to top of page and click on the tap that say's ( ABOUT )
Vlatko has an intro. written there :-)
ditto to coyote03. Despite the wildly varying belief systems and the obnoxious vitriolic talking point spouters from every side, the good stuff here keeps flowing. While I wish there was a bit more tolerance and dialogue instead of fangs-out debate, I am grateful for the forum Vlatko has provided...by the way, who is Vlatko? Just curious my friend. Where are you and what are you all about? Keep up the good work.
@ Vlatko
Maybe you could put the 'Donate' button in the Store section :)
This site has changed my life in an incredible way, I'm so thirsty for knowledge it's gotten crazy! I can't stop watching documentaries and I know lots of others on this site are the same way. We're all incredibly grateful and appreciative of your hard-work!
@Vlatko
Donate button is the new way of making money. Internet 2.5 is all about social marketing and giving away content for free. The consumer is then given the choice to donate to maintain the cause. You would be surprised how much more could be added. If you have a special section for donors, maybe a full forum? Maybe a "sneak peak" into upcoming documentaries? I wouldn't limit anything you have right now. Allow full access to no paying users, however allowing users to support you and this site with a small donation would be good.