Episode 1
First Ancestors
25m
Journeying millions of years into the past, Winston goes on the trail of Australopithecus afarensis, an ape who took the first step towards modern man.
Where to watch Walking with Cavemen
TV series
Walking with Cavemen
20031 season8.3 / 10
Eye-to-eye with your ancestors.
Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-million-year journey to civilisation.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Checked Jul 22, 2026
Walking with Cavemen premiered March 27, 2003. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-million-year journey to civilisation.
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Episode 2
Blood Brothers
25m
Two species of ape-man feature in the second of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry: the gentle, root-munching Paranthropus boisei and the enterprising scavenger Homo habilis. Who had the best strategy for survival in their prehistoric world?
Where to watch Walking with CavemenEpisode 3
Savage Family
25m
An extraordinary new breed of ape-man called homo ergaster has taken over Africa. They are expert tool-makers, food-finders and travellers, but where they differ most from their predecessors is in their communal lifestyle. The third instalment of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry travels back one-and-half million years to explore this innovative creature.
Where to watch Walking with CavemenEpisode 4
The Survivors
25mfinale
A focus on a group of Homo heidelbergensis, advanced tool users who lived in family units but who were incapable of imagination, and their descendents the Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, who came to conquer the world.
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More about Walking with Cavemen
Cast
Robert WinstonHimself - Presenter
Andrew SachsNarratorCredits
- Written by
- Michael Olmert
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 4
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
BBCUnited Kingdom- ProSieben EntertainmentGermany
DiscoveryUnited States
Themes
cavemancenozoichuman evolutionmammothnature documentaryneanderthal