Documents the discovery of a 4.4-million-year-old hominid skeleton nicknamed "Ardi" in Ethiopia's Afar region, including 3D recreations that bring Ardi and her world to life.

"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's ... investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and ... computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today ... In the first episode ... encounter...