Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth (Documentary, English)
Genres: Drama, History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2011-06-23
Ended: 2011-06-30
Network: BBC One
Country: GB
Airs on: Thursday
Air time: 20:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
This two-part documentary explains how we, as Homo sapiens, populated the Earth only because we were successful in overwhelming two more advanced species: Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis, known today as Neanderthals. In the not-too-distant past, humans shared this planet with other species of hominid. This series tells how, against all the odds, Homo sapiens survived.