History 0, Prehistory
This list is part of my history series, but this selection is based on natural history, as opposed to written history.
List order is chronological by setting of the latest date in the film.
List order is chronological by setting of the latest date in the film.
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- StarsKenneth BranaghEdward GeroThe final installment in the "Walking with" series is a 90-minute documentary about the evolution of life before the dinosaurs.
- StarsNikolay DrozdovKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksDocumentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.
- DirectorJasper JamesNigel PatersonStarsKenneth BranaghStockard ChanningLarry AgenbroadGermany, 49 million years B.C. A day in the life of a small forest mammal called Leptictidium who is trying to raise young, a giant predatory bird called Gastornis trying to hatch an egg and a primitive whale, Ambulocetus, who is hunting in the water.
- DirectorNigel PatersonStarsKenneth BranaghStockard ChanningLarry Agenbroad36 million years B.C., a pregnant Basilosaurus whale resorts to desperate measures to find food for herself and her unborn infant. On land, mammals are growing into enormous creatures.
- DirectorJasper JamesNigel PatersonStarsKenneth BranaghStockard ChanningLarry AgenbroadMongolia, 25 million years B.C. This episode follows a young Indricotherium. After a dramatic birth, he must survive in a world of rhino-sized predators like Hyaenodon and pig-like monsters such as Entelodon.
- DirectorJasper JamesNigel PatersonStarsKenneth BranaghStockard ChanningEthiopia, 3,2 million years B.C. A clan of Australopithecus struggle to survive after being driven from their territory. Grey, the leader, is challenged by the younger Hercules, and Blue must try to survive without the guidance of his mother.
- DirectorRichard DalePierre de LespinoisStarsRobert WinstonMarva AlexanderAlec BaldwinAs Africa transitions from forest to Savannah the world's first bipedal ape, australopithecus, evolved and flourished in the new environment.
- DirectorRichard DalePierre de LespinoisStarsRobert WinstonMarva AlexanderAlec BaldwinAt this stage several kinds of ape men populated Africa, each with its own unique adaptations. These species were doomed as the African continent grew increasingly arid, but a new human species well adapted to a hot dry climate emerged.
- DirectorNigel PatersonStarsKenneth BranaghStockard ChanningParaguay, 1 million years B.C. A powerful Smilodon called Halftooth must survive on his own after being driven from his clan. South America is a bizarre world of giant sloths, car-sized armadillos and flightless birds the size of dinosaurs.
- DirectorRichard DalePierre de LespinoisStarsRobert WinstonMarva AlexanderAlec BaldwinHomo agasta display the beginnings of families, tool making, team work and vocal communications. Some migrate out of Africa resulting in the evolution of additional human species in different parts of the world.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsEverett McGillRon PerlmanNicholas KadiThis story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.
- DirectorJasper JamesNigel PatersonStarsKenneth BranaghStockard ChanningKaryn Drane30,000 years B.C. In the middle of the Ice Ages, a mammoth herd migrates to escape the chilling winter. On their way, they encounter dangers like snow-covered bogs, cave lions, and the most dangerous predators yet- humans.
- DirectorRichard DalePierre de LespinoisStarsRobert WinstonAlec BaldwinChristian BradleyRobert Winston follows the final evolutionary push of mankind's ancestors, and discovers the key that makes us human.
- DirectorDavid PadruschStarsJames LurieNicole WaguespackDavid J. MeltzerJOURNEY TO 10,000 BC visits early human and archaeological sites and uses computer animation to explore the daily life of the first humans in North America. Experience the suspense and heart-pounding action of a woolly mammoth hunt. A single kill could feed the tribe for weeks. As the winters grow curiously colder and longer, this vital source of nourishment becomes even more critical. Cold and hungry the fragile communities undertook even more dangerous hunting expeditions.