Australopithecus afarensis was the first hominin to leave the safety of the trees for life in the grasslands. Slow on foot, they struggled to survive on the African continent 3.7 million years ago.
Australopithecus afarensis was the first hominin to leave the safety of plants to live in grassland. Going slow, they struggled to survive on the African continent 3.7 million years ago.
In the series “Out of the Cradle”, NHK monitors the evolution of prehistoric primates over the past 7 million years as they grow up to be the dominant species on Earth. This uses CGI technology from the world’s leading video game creators to tell the story of human ancestors in lifelike visuals.
