El Graeco and the split between chimpanzees and humans. Questioning the origins of humans: the detective work begins --
The Greek adventure: the first fossil apes from Pikermi --
In the Queen's garden: Bruno von Freyberg's discovery --
In search of forgotten treasure: a journey into the catacombs beneath the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg --
Magnetometers and microtomography: ancient bones in a high-tech lab --
The real planet of the pages. Disasters and successes: a short history of the search for our origins --
African beginnings: the golden age of ape evolution --
Progress in Europe: great apes in oak forests --
Apes in Allgäu: was Udo a missing link --
The cradle of humanity: Africa or Europe?. The primal ancestor: still an ape or an early hominin --
Fossil footprints from Crete: puzzling prints of an ancient biped --
A skull in the sand and a secret thighbone: the shady case of Sahelanthropus --
From early hominin to prehistoric human: the out-of-Africa theory begins to wobble --
Climate change as a driver of evolution. Not just counting bones: reconstructing the environment is key --
Buried in the sands of time: landscape and vegetation in El Graeco's time --
The great barrier: a gigantic desert becomes an insurmountable obstacle --
A gray-white desert and a salty sea: The Mediterranean dries out --
What makes humans human. Free hands: lots of room for creativity --
Wanderlust: curiosity about the unknown -- Hairless marathoner: the running human --
Fire, intellect, and small teeth: how diet influenced the development of brain --
Vocal connections: from Alarm cries to culture --
The lone survivor. A confusing complexity: the problem with the family tree --
A puzzling phenomenon: humans from Denisova cave --
And then there was one: the rational human.
