The last of a seven-part series tracing the origins of our species presented by Richard Leakey The Survival of the Species
Are we descended from killer-apes? Do we owe our success to the .fact that we are the only animal that began to use weapons - and has this left a legacy of aggression so deeply rooted in our species that today it threatens our very survival? Or is this a dangerous myth?
RICHARD LEAKEY re-examines those crucial behaviour patterns that, over millions of years, made us what we are and looks at the new evidence from the past that suggests a more optimistic view of the human animal; one that offers hope that our species will survive.
Film cameraman ALEC CURTIS Film recordist RODNEY BOND Film editors
KEITH RAVEN and CHRISTOPHER WOOLLEY Research JANE CALLANDER
Producer PETER SPRY-LEVERTON Series producer GRAHAM MASSEY