Top Best Paleoanthropology Documentaries in 2023-Guest Post By Mekhi

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About two years ago, an article was published on this website titled “Top Modern Paleoanthropology Documentaries on YouTube”, (link to this article here: https://worldofpaleoanthropology.org/2021/08/01/top-modern-paleoanthropology-documentaries-on-youtube/). 

This article put forth 10 recommended documentaries covering a variety of topics about human evolution, but it’s about time for more. 

The following links go to 10 documentaries from recent years which can be easily accessible on YouTube. Some of them are professional documentaries, while others are made by individual educational channels. 

The conditions of the original article still apply, such as some links may not work for you if you are outside the United States, they are not listed in any some of the Documentaries may not cover everything and might get some details wrong, but they are all still very educational, informative, and useful to anyone who wants to learn about the history of our species.

As said in the previous article, education can be accessible if you know where to look! 

  1. A Neanderthal Odyssey: Everything We Know about the Neanderthals
  2. Ice Age Footprints | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
  3. LOST HUMANS part 1 | How many Human Species were there? | Documentary | Eng Subs
  4. LOST HUMANS part 2 | 4 kinds of Human Species, Only 1 survived | Documentary | Eng Sub
  5. The Birth of Civilisation – The First Farmers (20000 BC to 8800 BC)
  6. The Neanderthal in Us | Full Documentary
  7. How Did Humans Become Earth’s Dominant Species? [4K] | Evolution Of Us | Spark
  8. Lost Humans – What Happened to our Prehistoric Forebears? | Free Documentary History
  9. Lost Humans – How the Modern Humans Came to Be | Free Documentary History
  10. The complex evolution of homo sapiens – 1,000,000 to 30,000 years ago

And there it is! These are the best paleoanthropology documentaries, or at least informational videos, from the past few years. These documentaries cover a wide range of topics, but all are very interesting and educational, and make for great videos to listen to in the background or something to take time to thoroughly watch and learn from. I hope you enjoy!

Published by Mekhi

Hello! I have been fascinated by paleontology and ancient life for as long as I can remember. As with many, it started out as a love for dinosaurs. I loved visiting my local museum and seeing all the fossils and depictions of ancient life. Now, I am a volunteer at that same museum and my love for ancient life has transitioned from dinosaurs to humans. I began volunteering around the time of the pandemic when I had nothing else to do, and I began learning about our own evolution, through personal research and video lectures provided by the museum. Though I am only a highschool student, I have a great love and passion for paleoanthropology which seemingly grows by the day, fueled by my love for nature and my want to always learn more.

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