The Ascent of Man
The Ascent of Man: The Long Childhood. This episode is a summing up of the various strands of thought that have been developed during the series, investigating man's growing self-knowledge. Jacob Bronowski gives a discussion of the humanist Erasmus and the mathematician John von Neumann; a segment on the human brain. He pays a visit to Iceland and Ethiopia's Omo Valley, where the human race may have first begun.
| Episode 13 - The Long Childhood |
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