A History of the World in 100 Objects - Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC)
Neil MacGregor tells the story of two million years of our development through a hundred objects in the British Museum. We begin with the first that make us human
A History of the World in 100 Objects - Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC) - Clovis Spear Point
Neil MacGregor describes a deadly hunting weapon that dates from the earliest settlement of North America, around 13,000 years ago.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC) - Mummy of Hornedjitef
At eight, Neil MacGregor visited the British Museum for the first time and came face to face with an object that fascinated and intrigued him ever since, an Egyptian mummy.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC) - Olduvai Handaxe
Neil MacGregor follows early humans as they slowly begin to move beyond their African homeland, taking with them one essential item - a hand axe.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC) - Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool
Neil MacGregor goes back two million years to the Rift Valley in Tanzania, where a simple chipped stone marks the emergence of modern humans.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC) - Swimming Reindeer
Neil MacGregor tells the story of the Swimming Reindeer and its place in the history of art and religion with contributions from Dr Rowan Williams and Professor Steven Mithen.
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