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* MisplacedWildlife: The pan to the sea while explaining continental drift includes a shot of ''Basilosaurus'' from ''Series/WalkingWithBeasts'' [[CameraAbuse attacking the camera]], even though it disappeared over 30 million years before the Late Pliocene.
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* StockFootage: Material Due to sharing the same setting, the ''Australopithecus'' episode reuses some fauna shots from ''Walking with Beasts's'' fourth episode is used in the first episode of this show in the depiction of the Australopithecus' savannah.Beasts'' depicting fauna like ''Deinotherium'' and ''Dinofelis'' (and also a misplaced ''Basilosaurus'').
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* RubberForeheadAliens: From ''Homo ergaster'', hominids are practically identical to ''Homo sapiens'' from the neck down, so actors only need face prothesis.
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* HumansAreWhite: With the exclusion of ''Homo sapiens'', all hominids are played by Caucasian actors, even though humanity evolved in eastern Africa.
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''Walking with Cavemen'' is the 2003 series of the SpeculativeDocumentary franchise ''Franchise/WalkingWithDinosaurs''. Focusing on the evolution of the human race, the series spans over the past three million years to show how early hominids first began to walk upright, create tools, and shape the world around them. Unlike other instalments in the franchise, ''Cavemen'' uses actors in make-up and prosthetics to portray humanity's early ancestors; although CGI and animatronics are still used to depict other species. It is also the only main entry in the franchise to have an onscreen host present; Robert Winston in the original cut and Creator/AlecBaldwin for the American release. A cut exists that brings it more in line with the others in the franchise, but with Creator/AndrewSachs narrating instead of Creator/KennethBranagh and combining the first and second episodes and the third and fourth respectively. This cut is available on the ''Prehistoric Earth: A Natural History" DVD set.
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''Walking with Cavemen'' is the 2003 series of the SpeculativeDocumentary franchise ''Franchise/WalkingWithDinosaurs''.''Franchise/WalkingWith''. Focusing on the evolution of the human race, the series spans over the past three million years to show how early hominids first began to walk upright, create tools, and shape the world around them. Unlike other instalments in the franchise, ''Cavemen'' uses actors in make-up and prosthetics to portray humanity's early ancestors; although CGI and animatronics are still used to depict other species. It is also the only main entry in the franchise to have an onscreen host present; Robert Winston in the original cut and Creator/AlecBaldwin for the American release. A cut exists that brings it more in line with the others in the franchise, but with Creator/AndrewSachs narrating instead of Creator/KennethBranagh and combining the first and second episodes and the third and fourth respectively. This cut is available on the ''Prehistoric Earth: A Natural History" DVD set.
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Crosswicking.
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* HideYourChildren: The series dances heavily with this trope, not just because the violence taboo but also the nudity taboo, since most featured hominids are naked and often played by naked actors. When children have to be included, it is almost always as unborn inside their pregnant mothers or as babies played by puppets (in the case of the ''Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus'' segments). The ''H. sapiens'' segment has children, but they are clothed like the adults. The most ''risqué'' segment is the ''H. ergaster'' one, which pans over a large tribe including several children at one point, and they are, of course, naked. These children are always far in the background and so blurry, it is certain they shot their scenes in skin-colored suits and were later digitally inserted in the scenes with the adult actors.
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** '''First Ancestors:''' ''Australopithecus afarensis'', ''Ancylotherium'', ''Deinotherium''
** '''Blood Brothers:''' ''Paranthropus boisei'', ''Homo habilis'', ''Dinofelis'', ''Deinotherium'', ''Ancylotherium'', ''Homo rudolfensis''
** '''Savage Family:''' ''Homo ergaster'', ''Homo erectus'', ''Gigantopithecus''
** '''The Survivors:''' ''Homo heidelbergensis'', Irish Elk
** '''First Ancestors:''' ''Australopithecus afarensis'', ''Ancylotherium'', ''Deinotherium''
** '''Blood Brothers:''' ''Paranthropus boisei'', ''Homo habilis'', ''Dinofelis'', ''Deinotherium'', ''Ancylotherium'', ''Homo rudolfensis''
** '''Savage Family:''' ''Homo ergaster'', ''Homo erectus'', ''Gigantopithecus''
** '''The Survivors:''' ''Homo heidelbergensis'', Irish Elk
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* StockFootage: Material from ''Walking with Beasts's'' fourth episode in the first episode in the depiction of the Australopithecus' savannah.
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That is a YMMV thing and I don't find them that terrifying.
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* FrazettaMan: This being a well-researched scientific documentary, it's mostly avoided. But it doesn't stop the protohumans from looking terrifying.
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* FrazettaMan: This being a well-researched scientific documentary, it's mostly avoided. But it doesn't stop the protohumans from looking terrifying.
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''Walking with Cavemen'' is the 2003 series of the SpeculativeDocumentary franchise ''Franchise/WalkingWithDinosaurs''. Focusing on the evolution of the human race, the series spans over the past three million years to show how early hominids first began to walk upright, create tools, and shape the world around them. Unlike other instalments in the franchise, ''Cavemen'' uses actors in make-up and prosthetics to portray humanity's early ancestors; although CGI and animatronics are still used to depict other species. It is also the only main entry in the franchise to have an onscreen host present; Robert Winston in the original cut and Creator/AlecBaldwin for the American release.
release. A cut exists that brings it more in line with the others in the franchise, but with Creator/AndrewSachs narrating instead of Creator/KennethBranagh and combining the first and second episodes and the third and fourth respectively. This cut is available on the ''Prehistoric Earth: A Natural History" DVD set.
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Each episode focuses on a different point in the evolution of the human race and details how certain species contributed to how modern humans behave:
* '''First Ancestors:''' (3.2 MYA) Following the expansion of the African savannah, ''Australopithecus afarensis'' becomes one of the first apes to walk exclusively upright. Lucy, a female ''A. afarensis'', struggles to take care of her infant following the death of her troop's alpha male.
* '''Blood Brothers:''' (2 MYA) The continued growth of the African grasslands leads to a wide variety of bipedal hominids to take advantage of the new opportunities. The ''Paranthropus boisei'' find success as slow specialized herbivores, while ''Homo habilis'' have difficulties as omnivorous opportunists.
* '''Savage Family:''' (1.5 MYA - 500 KYA) ''Homo ergaster'' becomes one of the first hominids to form language and wield fire. With their success, their ancestors branch off into Asia where they become ''Homo erectus''.
* '''The Survivors:''' (400,000 - 30 KYA) ''Homo heidelbergensis'' are the first hominids to enter Britain and pave the way for the last two surviving members of the ''Homo'' genus: Neanderthals and modern humans.
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* FrazettaMan: This being a well-researched scientific documentary, it's mostly avoided. But it doesn't stop the protohumans from looking terrifying.
* MaleFrontalNudity: In the British version, at least. An odd case in that only pre-humans are nude, but ''Homo erectus'' and ''Homo ergaster'' are basically ''Homo sapiens'' from the neck down, so there's no functional difference.
* PeopleInRubberSuits: These are used to represent the cavemen.
* SeldomSeenSpecies:
** '''First Ancestors:''' ''Australopithecus afarensis'', ''Ancylotherium'', ''Deinotherium''
** '''Blood Brothers:''' ''Paranthropus boisei'', ''Homo habilis'', ''Dinofelis'', ''Deinotherium'', ''Ancylotherium'', ''Homo rudolfensis''
** '''Savage Family:''' ''Homo ergaster'', ''Homo erectus'', ''Gigantopithecus''
** '''The Survivors:''' ''Homo heidelbergensis'', Irish Elk
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