Millions of Years Ahead of Man (1975)

Directed by

Manfred Baier

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

26 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows the lives of leafcutter ants. It explains their behavior and how they work together.

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What happens

Millions of Years Ahead of Man (German: Um Jahrmillionen voraus) is a 1975 West German short documentary film about Leafcutter ants, produced by Manfred Baier for BASF. The music is from Wolfgang Lauth. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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