Human

About Human

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals humanity's incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution – and how the story is stranger and more surprising than ever imagined.

BBC Two's Human is a documentary series. It ran for one season of 5 episodes between July 2025 and August 2025.

Ella Al-Shamahi plays Self - Presenter. It was produced by BBC Studios Science Unit and NOVA.

Shelv files it under science, human evolution, anthropology, and human history. In the United States it streams on BBC Select Apple Tv channel and PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel.

Once Upon a Time… Man, Mankind: The Story of All of Us, and The Machines That Built America make useful companions to Human, all filed under history.