Dawn of Humanity (2015)

Directed by

Graham Townsley

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the discovery and excavation of Homo naledi fossils in a South African cave. It documents the work of scientists uncovering evidence of an ancient human relative.

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What happens

Dawn of Humanity is a 2015 American documentary film that was released online on September 10, 2015, and aired nationwide in the United States on September 16, 2015. The PBS NOVA National Geographic film, in one episode of two hours, was directed and produced by Graham Townsley. The film describes the 2013 discovery, and later excavation, of the fossil remains of Homo naledi, an extinct species of hominin assigned to the genus Homo, found within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave system, located in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. Additionally, the National Geographic Society has multiple videos on its website covering different phases of the discovery and excavation of the fossils during a two-year period. As of September 2015, fossils of at least fifteen individuals, amounting to 1550 specimens, have been excavated from the cave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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