Mankind Decoded

Season 1 Episode 12: Need for Speed

Mar 02, 2013 TV-PG 22m 7.3

No prizes for second place! In this episode we learn how being the fastest enabled empires to be born and capitalism to thrive.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Arms Race

1. Arms Race

Aired: Jan 25, 2013

About 10,000 years ago we discover farming. But when crops fail, early farmin...

Episode 2 Lust for Luxury

2. Lust for Luxury

Aired: Jan 25, 2013

When ordinary people desire the luxuries of the rich, ingenuity and innovatio...

Episode 3 Violent Planet

3. Violent Planet

Aired: Feb 1, 2013

Over millions of years mankind has evolved from a puny, vulnerable creature t...

Episode 4 Connecting the World

4. Connecting the World

Aired: Feb 1, 2013

The world is linked like never before. Modern transport and communications ha...

Episode 5 Rise of the Machines

5. Rise of the Machines

Aired: Feb 8, 2013

Tools and machines have allowed us to overcome our physical limitations, and ...

Episode 7 Fire, Coal and Oil

7. Fire, Coal and Oil

Aired: Feb 15, 2013

Early man rubbed two sticks together and created fire. We learn to cook our f...

Episode 8 Man and Metals

8. Man and Metals

Aired: Feb 15, 2013

Five thousand years ago man first throws a handful of rocks into a campfire a...

Episode 9 Man and Beast

9. Man and Beast

Aired: Feb 22, 2013

15,000 years ago man and the wolf form a partnership that shapes the future o...

Episode 10 Information Is Power

10. Information Is Power

Aired: Feb 22, 2013

Communication is the vital ingredient in the building of civilization. The ab...

Episode 11 Building Earth

11. Building Earth

Aired: Mar 1, 2013

Mankind is a building species. Inspired by the divine we create monuments to ...

Episode 12 Need for Speed

12. Need for Speed

Aired: Mar 1, 2013

No prizes for second place! In this episode we learn how being the fastest en...


Info about Mankind Decoded

Current Status: Ended

Network: H2

Production Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary, History