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Season 38 Episode 8: Fatbusters

59 SeasonsOct 04, 2001TV-PG1h8.6

In 2001, scientists announced an amazing discovery: the oldest skull of a human ancestor ever found. The 3 million year old fossil was remarkably complete, and unlike any previous fossil find. Its discovery - by a team led by Meave Leakey of the famous Leakey fossil-hunting family - has revolutionised our understanding of how humans evolved. The great mystery of our evolution is how an ape could have evolved into the extraordinary creature that is a human being. There has never been another...

Season 38 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Mystery of the Persian Mummy

1. The Mystery of the Persian Mummy

Aired: Jan 25, 2001

The discovery of a mummified girl, with a full inscription identifying her as...

Episode 2 The Ape That Took Over the World

2. The Ape That Took Over the World

Aired: Feb 1, 2001

A trail from Greenland to Britain via Latvia offers new evidence into how evo...

Episode 3 Life Blood

Aired: Feb 8, 2001

A tropical seaweed that escaped from an aquarium is endangering sea life in t...

Episode 4 The Death Star

4. The Death Star

Aired: Feb 15, 2001

Tim Lawrence was an all-action stuntman until hit by Parkinson's Disease. Hor...

Episode 5 Cloning the First Human

5. Cloning the First Human

Aired: Feb 22, 2001

The controversial theory that for millions of years the Earth was plunged int...

Episode 6 Helike - The Real Atlantis

6. Helike - The Real Atlantis

Aired: Mar 6, 2001

Two disruptive children are followed through a controversial treatment regime.

Episode 7 Volcano Hell

7. Volcano Hell

Aired: Sep 20, 2001

In November 2000, the international press reported an amazing find: a mummy, ...

Episode 8 Fatbusters

Aired: Oct 4, 2001

In 2001, scientists announced an amazing discovery: the oldest skull of a hum...

Episode 9 The Lost Pyramids of Caral

9. The Lost Pyramids of Caral

Aired: Oct 11, 2001

Matthew Farrow was born with a rare and fatal blood disease, Fanconi's anaemi...

Episode 10 Death of the Iceman

10. Death of the Iceman

Aired: Oct 18, 2001

Out in deepest space lurks a force of almost unimaginable power. Explosions o...

Episode 11 Parallel Universes

11. Parallel Universes

Aired: Oct 25, 2001

It seems the speculation wasn't absurd enough. Parallel universes really do e...

Appearances

Siobhan Redmond

Info about Horizon

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary