A seven-part series tracing the origins of our species, presented by Richard Leakey
3: A Human Way of Life
How did our distant ancestors live and work? How did they organise their society? What were they really like? From bones and stones discovered on one of the oldest camp sites in the world, archaeologists have begun to piece together a picture of life 11 million years ago. And in the remote Kalahari desert RICHARD LEAKEY visits one of the few remaining huntergatherer groups left in the world - the ' ! Kung' people, the bushmen of the Kalahari. They live off the land gathering wild plants, hunting wild game, establishing temporary camps in the open, much as our ancestors must have done for millions of years. It's a way of life that provides clues to those patterns of behaviour that ensured the survival, and ultimate success, of our species.
Film cameraman ALEC CURTIS Film editor keith RAVEN
Graphic designer PETER CLAYTON Research JANE callander
Producer PETER SPRY-LEVERTON Series producer GRAHAM MASSEY
(An edited version of this series is printed weekly in THE LISTENER)