在这部第一批人类片中,20万年以前人类在非洲迈出了第一步；到了今天，这个星球上有70亿人口生活着。我们的祖先是如何从一个大陆走向另一个大陆的？通过最新的考古学发现及基因学研究，这部系列片将呈现一个包含全球的侦探故事：在每一个大陆上，我们将追寻智人（Homo sapiens）的最早成员。他们到底是什么样的人？是什么驱使他们前往未知的世界？
200,000 years ago we took our first steps in Africa. Today there are 7 billion of us living across the planet. How did our ancestors spread from continent to continent? This is a global detective story, featuring the latest archaeological discoveries and genetic research. On each continent, we track down the earliest members of our species, Homo sapiens. Who were these First Peoples? What drove them to the ends of the earth?
