Secrets of the Stone Age (3 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Conventional history says that civilisation started 5000 years ago with the Egyptians. This series of three programmes, presented by anthropologist Richard Rudgley, surveys the 2 million years of prehistory and challenges that opinion.
I - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2005
- Year of production
- 2000
- Notes
- Originally broadcast on Channel 4 in 3 weekly parts, beginning 10 Jan 2000.
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Archaeology
- Keywords
- cultural evolution; prehistoric cultures; Stone Age
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £14.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 180 minutes
- Year
- 2005
- Type
- VHS
- Price
- £12.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 180 minutes
- Year
- 2005
Sections
- Title
- Wisdom of the Stones, The
- Synopsis
- In this first episode of the documentary series, Rudgley travels from New York to Egypt in search of evidence of writing, medicine and architecture from the Neolithic Age - 8000 to 3000 BC. He visits 5000 year old Oetzi the Ice Man, New York’s Central Park, temples to a Mother Goddess in Malta and probably the oldest city in the world - a settlement in Turkey.
- Duration
- 60 mins
- Title
- Frozen in Time
- Synopsis
- This edition asks whether our primitive ancestors possessed unsuspected talents in art, medicine and mathematics. Rudgley shows that mammoths and primitive cave paintings are not the only relics of the Ice Age. He visits a 35,000 year old bead factory, finds a collection of sculpted figurines and explores the beautifully painted cave cathedrals buried deep in the earth. The programme dismisses the traditional view of cave men and replaces it with a portrait of an intelligent society where women and children were very important.
- Duration
- 60 mins
- Title
- Human Story, The
- Synopsis
- Rudgley shows that as many as 800,000 years ago people were able to cross water, probably had rafts and were capable of communication. He speculates on what can be learnt from our Stone Age ancestors.
- Duration
- 60 mins
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
Channel Four Television
- Phone
- 071-396 4444
- Address
- LONDON
SW1P 2TX
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
- Name
Simply Media
- Contact
- Laura Smith
- info@simplymedia.tv
- Web
- http://www.simplymedia.tv/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0203 542 3722
- Address
- Highlight House
57 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SJ - Notes
- Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE
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