Interesting Documentary about Man's Evolution

Over the Christmas holiday, I watched this documentary from the History Channel about human evolution from ape to man, called Ape to Man (go figure). I thought it was really interesting, and the History Channel always knows how to teach in an entertaining manner.

Luckily, I found it on the Tube of You, so if anyone is interested, you can watch it at your leisure. I figured it might help us understand that humans have a long lineage, and that they existed long before ancient civilizations such as Greece.

Click for the playlist, it is separated into eight parts.

It's interesting to watch how the fossils that revolutionized the knowledge we have of our lineage came about almost by chance. Plus, it's kind of funny when every fossil find is narrated with, "But then, something caught his/her eye" or, "But then, s/he had a hunch".

Enjoy, and here's a picture of a reconstruction of A. afarensis, the species Lucy is from.

Just think, a monkey actually is your uncle. Only you're separated by a few million years of evolution.